On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 19:00 +0000, andy wrote: > Tony Heal wrote: > > OK, how about some preventative stuff. If there is not real way to > > 'undelete' files. How about adding a script named 'rm' that passes the same > > switches to from the script to /bin/rm but moves the files to tmp before > > deleting them. > > > > Anyone have something like this hanging around their system somewhere? > > > > Tony > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ron Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 12:34 PM > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: undelete > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 01/23/07 10:37, Tony Heal wrote: > > > > > Is there a way to recover deleted files? > > > > > > > Maybe, if you are using FAT (highly unlikely) or ext2 (also highly > > unlikely) and you pulled the plug as soon as you noticed what you did. > > > > Sadly, the standard answer, though, is, "No, you're SOL." > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFFtkcRS9HxQb37XmcRAqhnAKDNyhcPxKrAPAZROeuWy17vcXm8+QCgmawR > > ll/LxgpYoAHbF685Mc2yXK8= > > =5K+z > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > You could always create an alias and make rm interactive by inserting > the -i option, hence rm would now become rm -i which would at least > make you think twice before actually deleting it? > > A
Or keep a file named -i in very important directories, and when you issue rm * hopefully rm will interpret it as an argument. However, this is not very nice. We are clever enough to use Linux - careless clicking costs files. :) -- Szia: Nyizsa. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Click to compare rates on health insurance, save big, shop here: http://tags.bluebottle.com/fc/CAaCMPJkqMSVt23XZEnJ2RQJGjgtcv2F/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]