Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Wed, 8 Jan 2003 09:00:05 +0100 | From | Jan Hudec <> | Subject | Re: Undelete files on ext3 ?? |
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On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 12:01:34AM -0500, Gerhard Mack wrote: > On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Andreas Dilger wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 11:55:44 -0700 > > From: Andreas Dilger <adilger@clusterfs.com> > > To: Richard B. Johnson <root@chaos.analogic.com> > > Cc: Max Valdez <maxvaldez@yahoo.com>, Jan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>, > > kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> > > Subject: Re: Undelete files on ext3 ?? > > > > On Jan 07, 2003 13:17 -0500, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > > Therefore, it's time for somebody to put a 'dumpster` in all the Linux > > > file-systems. Somebody should then modify `rm` and the kernel unlink > > > to `mv' files to the dumpster directory on the file-system, instead of > > > really deleting them. Then, just like the Redmond stuff, a separate > > > program can be used to clear out the "dumpster" or `mv` them back. > > > > This is very FAQ. Please see the l-k archives for any year to find > > lengthy discussions about this. > > > > Funny my gnome2 install has a wastebasket and last I checked if you open a > command shell in windows and del *.* you are screwed anyhow. > > So we have exactly the same functionality windows does.
Yes. But we could do better. Since no program uses the __syscall interface directly, wraping unlink in libc would affect all programs including rm. It could even be done withou recompiling anything using LD_PRELOAD.
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