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hi all
using unix (hp-ux)
i created patches Directory under /tmp ... inside the /tmp, i fired these commands:

# mv patch_file1 /patches
# mv patch_file2 /patches

there was no error

then i realized that this command will move the files to patches Dir on the root which was NOT exist..

as i expected the ls command for /tmp/patches is empty

i found /patches under the root as file, not Directory.. its size = the size of the 2 files..

how to get my patch files again...Thank you

/patches should contain patch_file2.

but patch_file1 would be gone.

type:

Code:

 cat /patches

Thank you Ikon
but how comes the size of /patches = the size of the 2 files
i hope there is a way to get them back