Subject: Re: Getting back deleted files
From: Earnie Boyd <[email-masked]>
To: Ben Lawrence <[email-masked]>
Cc: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 05:42:01 -0700 (PDT)

--- Ben Lawrence <[email-masked]> wrote:
> > --- Ben Lawrence <[email-masked]> wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > I have accidently used the rm *.* command in cygwin1.1.0 on NT.
> > > Is there any chance of getting back my work?
> > > thanks,
> > > Ben
> > >
> 
> Hello again,
> I think it would be a real neat idea to modify the rm.exe so that
> rm file.xxx
> utility is actually
> mv file.xxx c:/cygwin/tmp
> 

Ain't unix like, so it ain't going to happen.  So why don't *you* just `mv
file.xxx c:/cygwin/tmp' instead of `rm file.xxx'.  That will always work
assuming c:/cygwin/tmp/ exists.

> Also, whenever rm is invoked it would check the current date and the date of
> all
> the files in the c:/cygwin/tmp directory.  If all the files have yesterday's
> date
> or earlier, it would delete that whole c:/cygwin/tmp directory.  That way,
> any
> deleted files would be saved for at least a day.
> regards,

You can use the find command to do this.  Set it up as a cron job and voila
you're in luck.

Regards,

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