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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Restore system to previous time Post 302726555 by jim mcnamara on Sunday 4th of November 2012 09:11:26 PM
Old 11-04-2012
IF you have backups (and I understand what you mean). Are you thinking like 'windows restore point'?
In order to help please help us with:
What unix version do you have? - post output of
Code:
uname -a

What are you trying to fix? data or software?

Thanks.
 

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UNAME(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						  UNAME(1)

NAME
uname -- Print operating system name SYNOPSIS
uname [-amnprsv] DESCRIPTION
The uname utility writes symbols representing one or more system characteristics to the standard output. The following options are available: -a Behave as though all of the options -mnrsv were specified. -m print the machine hardware name. -n print the nodename (the nodename may be a name that the system is known by to a communications network). -p print the machine processor architecture name. -r print the operating system release. -s print the operating system name. -v print the operating system version. If no options are specified, uname prints the operating system name as if the -s option had been specified. SEE ALSO
hostname(1), machine(1), sw_vers(1), uname(3) STANDARDS
The uname utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (``POSIX.2''). The -p option is an extension to the standard. BSD
November 9, 1998 BSD
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