Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 09:43:31 +1100 From: JacobRhoden <jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: recover overwritten file Message-ID: <200301240943.31823.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <20030123195807.GI60077@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <BA54D6B8.19A6F%list@zettai.net> <200301231600.52211.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> <20030123195807.GI60077@rot13.obsecurity.org>
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On Friday 24 January 2003 06:58, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > Is there a particular reason why there are no facilities to 'un' unli= nk 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. What would need to be in the filesystem to allow it? Surely there is a si= mple=20 solution like a directory which could hold pointers to all 'un' linked fi= les?=20 (however i have never hacked a file system so I dont know these things). - jacob=20 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 message
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