How do you recover a system when you accidentally move all files and directories from their default "/" location?

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Issue

  • On a system, you accidentally run a script or command as the superuser that moves all directories under "/" to another location.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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