UNRM

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: LOCAL
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NAME

unrm, rm - remove files and bring them back

SYNOPSIS

unrm [ -f ] file ...
rm file ...

DESCRIPTION

Rm is a local replacement for the standard rm(1) command. Prior to removing a file it ferrets away a copy of it in the directory /tmp/rm/login_id, creating each component along the way as necessary. The standard ``-r,'' ``-f,'' and ``-i'' options may be specified, but they are ignored.

Files that have been deleted with this version of rm can than be retrieved with the unrm command. Unrm checks to see that you are indeed the owner of a file before you can copy it. It will not overwrite a file of the same name in the current directory, unless the ``-f'' flag is specified, which causes the file to be replaced regardless.

If these programs are available, the system administror will probably want to add a line like the following to /usr/lib/crontab:

: 40 4 * * * find /tmp -mtime +2 -exec rm -f {} ;

This removes all files from temp that haven't been touched within two days.

BUGS

Strange things can happen if you try to specify something other than a regular file.

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