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From: jho@imada.dk (Jens H. Ovesen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: EMERGENCY: HD WIPED BY TAR !!?, FILE RECOVER UTILS ANYONE?
Keywords: tar, hard discs, file recover
Message-ID: <1991Mar18.203136.12683@imada.dk>
Date: 18 Mar 91 20:31:36 GMT
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aroest@fwi.uva.nl (Axel Roest (N)) writes:

>To everyone (and Frank Lancaster):

>Yesterday I used TAR to extract files from largeness and
>IT WIPED MY HARDDISC !!!!
Well, it reminds me of a friend who had the same problem, only I thought it 
was his fault, not Tar. I think the problem lies in the new Tar$Scrap variable.
If it is set to say :4.$ (which is a directory), it'll erase you root after
it has finished extracting. But I still can't figur out why to use Wipe 
(OS_FSControl nn). It gives no meaning at all.
I always RTFM, if you had done the same you wouldn't be in the present
situation. I know that won't help you a lot. I always RTFM with large PD
programs. Such programs are never fully tested.

Jens.