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 recover > > 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 in freebsd? (apart from the obvious reaon of - people shouldnt delete files that they want to keep)... is there some philisopical reason that it shouldnt be at least an option? or is it just due to no one bothering? perhaps it could be disabled by default, 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 idiot 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the messagehelp
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