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Master of Reality:
ummm i dled the openBSD install packages to /tmp/apps (i just made the dir) on Mandrake 6.0 Secure Server Edition, after dling i did ls and they wre there. I mv(ed) one file into the same folder from another folder. Now the only file in /tmp/apps is the file i moved there. Whats the deal???!!! Where did all my other files go???!!?

voidmain:
What was the exact command you used, and did the destination folder exist? i.e. you didn't mistype the destination?

Master of Reality:
i didnt, i searched for them manually. Then i did a find / base31.tgz
to find one of the files.
I just took off Mandrake and put on FreeBSD so i cant really give you any new information, but this has happened in RH 7.2 too (i have no clue what i did then, it was long ago)

voidmain:
Well what I was getting is if you want to move a single file to a specific directory and you mistype the destination directory it will end up with a new file name of whatever you mistyped and not in the directory you intended (would be in the parent directory). This can happen in any version of UNIX, and even in Windows using the "move" command.  Is it possible that is what happened?

Master of Reality:
the filed I moved was in the right place. The files that were there in /tmp/apps that were supposed to be with it are missing.

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