Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 11:58:07 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: JacobRhoden <jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recover overwritten file Message-ID: <20030123195807.GI60077@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200301231600.52211.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> References: <BA54D6B8.19A6F%list@zettai.net> <1043295876.6598.207.camel@duncan.au.darkbluesea.com> <200301231600.52211.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 04:05:36PM +1100, JacobRhoden wrote: > 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)... The filesystem isn't designed to allow it. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+MElPWry0BWjoQKURAjZIAKDnP2LE0SJJdA5rUPS1Z+I5qgdaNwCfYdUz 0soLzvrFUPV8UgUuQgCKzRA= =yUAG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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