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Choosing an upgrade path

Missing user-created files

An Upgrade installation may move aside certain user-created files or directories when it creates directory-level symbolic links.

When a directory directory_name is moved, it is renamed directory_name#. (If a directory called directory_name# already exists, sufficient number signs are appended to the directory's original name to create a unique name, such as directory_name##.) For example, if /tcb/files/audit contained user-created files before an upgrade that you cannot find there after the upgrade, check whether a directory exists called /tcb/files/audit#. If so, you can return your files to the upgraded /tcb/files/audit directory.


CAUTION: Move only the user-created files from a displaced directory to an upgraded directory. Do not overwrite other files in the upgraded directory.


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