Bob Proulx wrote: > > > Is there any way to recover files deleted by using > > "$rm -rf " > > Extremely unlikely. It depends upon your operating system and > filesystem used with it. The disk blocks would have been freed and > very likely reused by other files especially on an active file system. > > But here is not a good place to ask that question. I would suggest > asking your question in the comp.os.questions news group. > > Bob
Heya Bob, I lost the original thread, but this question comes up every once in a while, for which I have an answer. The user may want to look into The Coroner's Toolkit, unrm, and lazarus. Start here: http://www.porcupine.org/forensics/tct.html It's pretty well respected, and there's an example writeup using it on Dr. Dobbs. Enjoy, Matthew _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils