Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!gwyn@Brl-Vld.ARPA From: gwyn@Brl-Vld.ARPA (VLD/VMB) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: \"dot\" file deleted! Message-ID: <8712@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 09:58:09 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8712 Posted: Wed Feb 27 09:58:09 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Mar-85 04:00:48 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 18 Get to the parent of the directory whose "." entry has been deleted. For example, suppose the corrupted directory is /foo/bar. $ cd /foo Then move all the files you want to save elsewhere: $ mkdir bar2 $ mv bar/* bar2 # this should work just fine Delete everything else: $ rm bar/* # unnecessary if you really moved everything $ rm bar/.* Then delete the empty corrupted directory: $ su # /etc/unlink bar/. # just in case # /etc/unlink bar/.. # /etc/unlink bar An alternative is to put back the missing "." entry, but since it really should be at the beginning of the directory you are perhaps better off with the above procedure.