Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 15:07:42 -0400 From: Weldon Godfrey <weldon@excelsus.com> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Cc: Sami Halabi <sodynet1@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: recover deleted file Message-ID: <E0F1A11A-4A97-47E7-98FC-515900FEBA22@excelsus.com> In-Reply-To: <202204161625.23GGPn6j049380@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <202204161625.23GGPn6j049380@fire.js.berklix.net>
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> On Apr 16, 2022, at 12:27 PM, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> wrote: > > >> >> okay... >> all seems very time consuming operations!! > > Yes > >> There should be an os "undelete" as happens in NTFS for example.. which is >> very fast and can be done also with extra tools without a hassle. > > A WIBNI (Wouldnt It Be Nice If) for Unix FS's for as long as I can remember > (decades) but no one's ever done it. > > Ways to get it done: > Get it listed as a Google Summer Of Code project for FreeBSD, Or > > Get your employer to help pay for it, eg chip in with other BSD > user companies to pay some money to FreeBSD Foundation, & get > them to pay for it to be developed. > > Or hire are an individual freelance BSD Consultant to do it, > There's a global index here http://berklix.com/consultants/ > > & a mail list that's moderated jobs@freebsd > > Some author(s) of BSD FFS are on list fs@, Kirk is one name springs > to mind ? Some freelancers on fs@ I recall. > > IMO Would be a fun job if funded :-) > >> >> for now I got backup from last day .. caused me a lot of troubles, not say >> legal ones, but I passed the point to hold the machine down. >> >> any advice? >> >> Maybe UFS developer would do a rework so latest deleted inodes would put in >> a "recycle bin" (maybe with a sysctl or whatever) for say one day (or any >> other configurable sysctl) and allow to recover quickly or "force delete / >> empty recycle bin" , rather than delete and give back space immediately for >> use and destroy possibility to restore. >> >> my 2 cents. >> >> Sami > > or just use ZFS filesystem and leverage regular snapshots. I wrote a script that manages snapshots (moves to weekly, monthly and deletes snaps) but i believe there is a utility in the ports collection that will do the automated management. >help
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