Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 08:11:01 -0800 (PST) From: Arne "Wörner" <arne_woerner@yahoo.com> To: user <user@dhp.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remind me ... (file undelete on FreeBSD 5.4) Message-ID: <20051126161101.62157.qmail@web30306.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0511261024290.8180-100000@shell.dhp.com>
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--- user <user@dhp.com> wrote: > On Sat, 26 Nov 2005, Arne Wörner wrote: > > > Hmm... I think there was such a problem before on a > > freebsd list... > > > > Did u tell your box to do "rm -rf local" or to do > > "rm -rf local/"? > > Yes, that is exactly what I did - I autocompleted > the symlink and it deleted the target and left the > symlink intact. Is this expected, or > unexpected behavior ? > Hmm... Interesting question... :-)) Maybe it would be nicer, if "local/." would be the directory that "local" points to (and not already "local/"... In your case it was obviously not the expected behaviour from your personal point of view (I would guess)... But now u and everybody else, who stepped in that "trap" before, will expect it in the future... :-)) > It's part of the sleuthkit. I don't need a gui, so > I think I will just use the sleuthkit. > Ok... I never used it... Since my history teacher complained for years about a stolen/misplaced LP (a big black plate with irregular groovings that can be pinned on a noise-making-device), that contained the copy of several H*tl*r speeches taken from wax rolls, and since I deleted my floppies and/or hard discs thoroughly and completely unintentionally multiple times, I do not even try to restore on that level... :-)) I prefer backups on DVDs (some weeks ago I found, that cheap DVDs cannot be used with my DVD burner as expected... the fricking thing can just write the first 3GB good enough... *shoot!*)... I hope you can restore a lot of ur data... I just remembered, that there is a tool called "fsdb" (file system debugger; it is already contained in the base system), which might see deleted files and directory-files... Maybe increasing the link count (from 0 to 1) of those directory entries brings back the files/dirs? Maybe I am too naive... -Arne __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
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