Path: utzoo!yunexus!ists!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!batata.Huji.AC.IL!amoss From: amoss@batata.Huji.AC.IL (Amos Shapira) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: files recovery after rm? Message-ID: <548@shuldig.Huji.Ac.IL> Date: 18 Nov 89 16:57:51 GMT Article-I.D.: shuldig.548 References: <16608@uhnix1.uh.edu> <2778@uceng.UC.EDU> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 46 >jlee@sysmgr.cs.uh.edu writes: >Are there any programs in the unix world for recovering files right after >they are removed by rm? >Joseph Lee. Internet: jlee@cs.uh.edu There is a package called undel for UNIX BSD posted on comp.sources.unix some while ago (29 Mar '89). Here's the data of the article and the intro from it's first part (out of 6 parts): ---------- Submitted-by: Jonathan I. Kamens Posting-number: Volume 18, Issue 73 Archive-name: undel/part01 [ This will need a bit of work to run under non-BSD. It's also probably going to be the LAST safe-rm/unrm/whatever posting I approve, except for patches. --r$ ] This archives contains the sources for five programs (well, actually, four, since one is a symbolic link): delete undelete expunge purge lsdel The programs were written at Project Athena in response to the problem which many novice Unix users have with accidentally deleting files they didn't want to delete (Hell, I've done it :-). I am already aware of quite a few improvements I could make in the code (I am fairly certain that there are better regexp matching libraries *and* better directory searching libraries I could be using.), and I will be making them as soon as I am done with my current project. I would appreciate hearing any suggestions you may have and/or accepting any patches you wish to submit :-) ---------- Hope that helps, --- - Amos Shapira Israel Air Force amoss@batata.bitnet amoss@batata.huji.ac.il