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# 1  
Old 05-09-2012
Question Suse 8 /var Directory
Hi there,
I'm working on a Suse 8 based system and picked up that the crontab was missing. after some investigation i realized that the hole /var directory is missing. Smilie

I would like to now if its common for this directory to go missing?
Can I copy another Suse 8 /var directory to this one? or would it break the machine?

Kind Regards
# 2  
Old 05-09-2012
Maybe it is just not mounted. Check
Code:
grep var /etc/fstab

# 3  
Old 05-09-2012
As far as I know its not set up as a partition.
This machine was not rebooted for 40 days.
# uptime
8:01pm up 40 days, 11:37, 0 users, load average: 3.08, 3.06, 3.05
When I do "grep var /etc/fstab" its not showing anything.

Do you think this will come back after a reboot?

Kind Regards
# 4  
Old 05-09-2012
Maybe something was mounted over "var" (unlikely but possible). Check
Code:
mount | grep var

# 5  
Old 05-09-2012
If I run this i just get a #. What does that mean?? LOL
mount | grep var
# 6  
Old 05-09-2012
Can you post full command that you run with its output?
# 7  
Old 05-09-2012
This is what I'm getting on both commands.

0091173:/ #
0091173:/ # grep var /etc/fstab
0091173:/ #
0091173:/ # mount | grep var
0091173:/ #
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