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From: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
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Subject: Re: undo a rm -rf
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On Fri, 6 Jun 2003 21:36:46 -0700
Joshua Oreman <oremanj@www.get-linux.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 12:15:50AM -0400 or thereabouts, David Loszewski
> seemed to write:
> > I just did a rm -rf and forgot the *.png portion
> > that I wanted on it, lol, 2 years of using freebsd
> > and I've never done anything this stupid.  Is there
> > a way to get my data back? Please respond to this email address.

On Linux, I've installed Libtrash, a "trashcan" which works even at the console. I think it's just a series of scripts, but it works superbly. I tried installing it on FBSD, but it failed to compile, exiting with this error message:

  /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ldl
  *** Error code 1

If I knew what I was doing, I'd surely try to port Libtrash to FBSD. Sadly, I'm not a knowledgeable developer, just a dumb user. If anyone is interested:

  http://www.m-arriaga.net/software/libtrash/

regards,
Robert