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Date:      Tue, 26 Jul 2005 06:39:36 +0100
From:      Ross Kendall Axe <ross@axe.homelinux.net>
To:        Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net>
Cc:        Xu Qiang <Qiang.Xu@fujixerox.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: undelete in FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <42E5CC98.2060500@axe.homelinux.net>
In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.2.20050725204649.100f4a50@cobalt.antimatter.net>
References:  <20050726024807.E825D1D936@imss.sgp.fujixerox.com> <6.1.0.6.2.20050725204649.100f4a50@cobalt.antimatter.net>

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Glenn Dawson wrote:
> At 07:51 PM 7/25/2005, Xu Qiang wrote:
> 
>> I am just wondering the only shortcoming of Unix clone, such as
>> FreeBSD, in contrast to M$ Windows, is the lack of a cyclin bin, from
>> which you can restore anything you have mis-deleted before.
>>
>> Or, am I mis-informed on this issue?

Yes.  MS-Windows doesn't have anything Unix doesn't in this regard.  I
take it you're not familiar with the DOS/Windows 'del' command...

> If you're really worried about accidently deleting files, just make rm
> an alias to 'rm -i' or 'rm -I'

If he's worried about accidentally deleting files, he should use KDE or
Gnome.  They both have a trash can/wastebasket/recycle bin.

Ross


> -Glenn
> 
> 
>> Regards,
>> Xu Qiang
>>

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