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From: [e-mail] (John Navarra)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: user command to recover deleted file ?
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Date: 14 Sep 92 21:18:51 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>In article [e-mail], [e-mail] (Guo Hongman) writes:
>>
>>  can any tell if there is user command to recover deleted file ?
>
>Nope. It's gone!
>
    Even though you are correct (to some degree), this is not a very
useful answer. The file MAY be gone. It depends on how your system
administrator setup your machine. There are various utilities in existence
which mimic deleting files and store them elsewhere. In addition many
sites do regular to semi-regular tape backups. In this way, you can ask
your administrator to restore your file from tape. Only sites which are
flagrantly misadminstered will not have some means of retrieving rm'd
files.
    Finally, without arguing the merits of various file preserving
methods (where have you been Kamens!? ;-) one very simple thing to do
it alias the rm command to mv all files to a 'wastebasket' or 'tmp'
directory and then later clean that directory out manually or with
a cron job. Obviously, the more creative you are, the more flexibility
you can add -- and believe me, there are many methods already in
existence!

-tms
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