Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 23:05:14 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?S=C3=B8ren_Schmidt?= <soren.schmidt@gmail.com> To: Weldon Godfrey <weldon@excelsus.com> Cc: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>, Sami Halabi <sodynet1@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: recover deleted file Message-ID: <C836B8C6-1664-41B4-801F-3B4B2216D2C8@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <E0F1A11A-4A97-47E7-98FC-515900FEBA22@excelsus.com>
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Just replace rm with a script that moves files to a trash folder, then either clean that automagically after some period of time or handle it manually. Doesn’t have to be complicated… -Søren > On 16 Apr 2022, at 21.08, Weldon Godfrey <weldon@excelsus.com> wrote: > > > >> 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. > > >> >home | help
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