Until recently, the main reason for removing dams was to restore salmon runs, but it is now recognized that a more important reason to remove dams is that they are no longer safe.

直到近期，拆除大坝主要还是为了恢复鲑鱼的数量，但现在人们认识到，拆除大坝的一个更重要的原因是这些大坝已不再安全了。

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Setting or removing inheritance on a directory or a file system has no effect on the existing files.

在目录或者文件系统中设置或者删除继承，对于现有的文件不会产生任何影响。

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Be sure to verify that no JVMs are running on the database machine before manually removing a database lock file.

在手动删除数据库锁文件之前，请务必确认在数据库机器上没有JVM在运行。

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