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  4. From: jal41820@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Smiley)
  5. Subject: Re: Dumb Question...
  6. References: <C0EsA1.3u2@ncifcrf.gov>
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  8. Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner)
  9. Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
  10. Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 17:51:05 GMT
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  13. digennar@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov (Frank S. DiGennaro) writes:
  14.  
  15. :)    This might seem a simple question, but here goes... does UNIX have an 'unerase'
  16. :)command similar to DOS?
  17.  
  18. Indirectly, yes. It's called "mail root", (or directly to the administrator's
  19. address if you know it) asking the administrator very nicely if (s)he'll 
  20. restore the file for you from the latest backups. Some administrators will
  21. do this, some won't, but it's the only thing you can try.
  22.  
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