[ale] Again with the filesystem recovery (semi-OT)

[D. Alan Stewart]

It's been a long time, but my memory is that deleted files could be 
recovered on the Vax operating system. I would bet that most mainframe 
operating systems had some type protections against accidental file 
deletion. Of course DOS had undelete and the Mac has had the trashcan 
since day one. *nix operating systems are the only ones I am personally 
familiar with (which isn't saying much) where deleting a file is a 
single, unrecoverable step.

Joe wrote:

>>>From <http://www.simdesk.com>:
>
>"Several patents have been filed for SimExplorer, including
>a recycle bin available on the Internet. SimExplorer moves
>deleted data to a virtual recycle bin and allows users to
>recover or restore that data if it was deleted by mistake.
>Previously, this functionality was only available on
>MicroSoft(r) platforms; SimExplorer now makes it possible
>on all computer platforms."
>
>I don't know whether to be frightened or amused.
>
>-- Joe Knapka
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