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Date:      Thu, 23 Jan 2003 16:05:36 +1100
From:      JacobRhoden <jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au>
To:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: recover overwritten file
Message-ID:  <200301231600.52211.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <1043295876.6598.207.camel@duncan.au.darkbluesea.com>
References:  <BA54D6B8.19A6F%list@zettai.net> <1043295876.6598.207.camel@duncan.au.darkbluesea.com>

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On Thursday 23 January 2003 15:24, Duncan Anker wrote:
> > i just overwrote a critical file, can anyone andvise me on how to rec=
over
> > it?

> I don't believe there is any way to recover an overwritten file.

Is there a particular reason why there are no facilities to 'un' unlink a=
 file=20
in freebsd?  (apart from the obvious reaon of - people shouldnt delete fi=
les=20
that they want to keep)...=20

is there some philisopical reason that it shouldnt be at least an option?=
 or=20
is it just due to no one bothering? perhaps it could be disabled by defau=
lt,=20
but enabled on a per file system basis via fstab? (ie the /home partion).

Yes I know people should make backups, but there are always going to be i=
diot=20
out there and it may save some admin's some time?

thoughts?


Jacob Rhoden            Phone: +61 3 8344 6102
ITS Division            Email: jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au
Melbourne University   Mobile: +61 403 788 386

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