[ale] How do I 'undelete' a file?

[Swantje Willms]

Also, I've found that aliasing rm to rm -i is a good idea for everyday
purposes so that you do that little extra thinking when it asks whether
you want to remove the file or files.

Swantje

On 18 Jan 2002, Kevin J. Schmidt wrote:

> Actually, there is a tool that I've used to recover a deleted file from
> Linux, but I believe you have to use it soon after the initial deletion.
> I wish I could remember the name of the tool. I'll see if I can find it.
> 
> -Kevin
> 
> On Fri, 2002-01-18 at 13:06, Vernard Martin wrote:
> > On Fri, 2002-01-18 at 12:33, Charles Marcus wrote:
> > > I knew I might do something dumb...
> > 
> > In general, there is no concept of "undelete" a file for the filesystems
> > that unix systems use. If you come from the Windows world where Norton
> > Utilities has made this a common thing then you need to forget that it
> > ever existed as of now :)
> > 
> > Making nightly backups so that you can restore is the best way to
> > protect yourself.
> > 
> > V
> > -- 
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> > insatiable.
> > http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~vernard/      Lightness has a call thats hard
> > to hear.
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