(Oops, for LARGE values of oops!) > hmmm not that I ever tried this but shouldn't /usr/bin-old/mv /usr-old > /usr work? and if not (because of the library) I would think that > /usr/bin-old/ln -s /usr /usr-old would work. I bet you'll have to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH and PATH also... > > Ok so you saw the subject title and you are probably > > laughing really hard, but how do you get out of this > > situation? > > > > btw this a solaris box so the nice little commands > > like ln, mv and so on are in /usr/bin and the problem > > is now it doesnt know where to find the library > > ld.so.6 yeah. If the LD_LIBRARY_PATH thing does not work, then you might want to see if you can get a statically-linked mv or ln or cp.... rc