Don't be afraid to use your backups (that you don't make.....) I once restored most of a root filesystem I had deleted from a running server. The server stayed up the whole time, through the mess-up and the restore. Things like /lib. DEC Alpha running OSF/1 :-) And.....was OSF/1 ever open-sourced?
On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 11:02 AM songbird <songb...@anthive.com> wrote: > > i'm sometimes developing code and in the process > manage to mess it up where it isn't backed up or > in any other spot, but i do have this habit of > keeping a terminal open with text and i sometimes > cat or scroll files there so as long as i don't > shut down the system i can go there and cut and > paste things. > > today this saved me a mild panic as i'd written > some code and then thought i'd copied it, but then > i'd clobbered that copy doing something else. > > *whew* > > and yes, i do make backups here or there, but > sometimes i work faster than i do that. i also > use git, but i don't always stash temporary copies > all the time. today i actually did make a temporary > copy, but that copy i clobbered on purpose and then > said "oops" :) > > i started looking at undelete file utilities and > then said, hey perhaps i have this scrolled in > another terminal... > > now the really nice feature would be if i actually > made this into a system where my vi editor would > automagically scroll it for me in some window... > that will be for some other time. i don't want to > get sidetracked any more for the moment. gardens > are sidetracking me enough... > > just some thoughts in passing. :) > > > songbird >
