From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 10 04:28:17 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0724A16A474 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 04:28:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dennyboy@cableone.net) Received: from S3.cableone.net (s3.cableone.net [24.116.0.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC11B43D79 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 04:28:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dennyboy@cableone.net) Received: from badboybox.cableone.net (unverified [69.92.6.58]) by S3.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S3) with ESMTP id 62219640 for multiple; Fri, 09 Jun 2006 21:28:16 -0700 Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 23:28:09 -0500 (CDT) From: Denny White To: Phil Sweeney In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: X-GPG-PUBLIC_KEY: http//wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net X-GPG-FINGERPRINT: D0A9 AD44 1F10 E09E 0E67 EC25 CB44 F2E5 1644 E79A MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-NotAscii: charset=us-ascii; X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 0, First 22, in=15, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 69.92.6.58 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: restoring deleted files X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 04:28:17 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > > Can you tell me a simple way of retrieving recently deleted files? > > Regards > Phil Sweeney > Superior Pest Management > P.O Box 68 > www.superiorpest.com.au > phil@superiorpest.com.au > H.R.M.C NSW 2310 > _______________________________________________ I guess, if you know what you're doing, you can go in with a disk editor, but not simple. And, like another message said, depends on if the inodes have been overwritten. And like the other post alluded to, there's no replacement for a good backup. That being said, I can tell you what I've done ever since I hosed /usr one day accidentally, while in a pissed off mood & not paying attention to the paths I was typing, & had to do a restore (luckily I had just done a full dump). I hate it & it's aggravating, but it's saved me several times from another restore, but in .bashrc I have: alias rm='rm -i' When you type rm "whatever", it'll ask you if you're sure. Be sure. :-) And backup regularly. Denny White Please do not CC me. Already subscribed to mailing list. GnuPG key : 0x1644E79A | http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net Fingerprint: D0A9 AD44 1F10 E09E 0E67 EC25 CB44 F2E5 1644 E79A -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (OpenBSD) iD8DBQFEikpfy0Ty5RZE55oRAlO8AJ0ciXkefj+hCNGygp+kBgjBXD6XMwCfYu/f xvLiJSbzdaocg79HoDgpgNU= =PT9Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----