> Assuming /some/directory came with the system, mtree is your friend. Page 88 > of BSD Hacks gives an example of recreating var as follows: > > mtree -deU -f /etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist -p /var > > Cheers, > > Dru But is there anyway to do this without overwriting NEWER files that have been installed into /var (such as /var/db/mysql for mysql?)