Re: [opensuse] Undelete

On Sun May 27 2007, Thomas Hertweck scratched these words onto a coconut
shell, hoping for an answer:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
[...]

People have been known to replace the "rm" command with a script or
shell procedure that moves the target files to a "trash" directory
instead of deleting them outright.

It still doesn't help with, e.g, and application's "Save as..."
function that overwrites an existing file, but it's something.

That's why you should have a backup of important files. If the file
is deleted or the disk crashes or whatever and a user does not have
a backup, then the user can only blame himself for this trouble.
With all these large external USB disks available nowadays, it
shouldn't be a problem to make regular backups even for home systems.

No kidding, the problem, esp. for home users seems to be they "forget"
to do a backup on week, then they let it slide , for another week...
and the next thing you know,some weird hardware, or software update
even, somehow trashes a partition w/ the family pictures, or his
business papers in.. and ..... well, although no one has proved a
murder was caused by this behaviour... it's not unlikely that
some "rage" killings may just be caused this way...

A person discovers their important files have been "lost" somehow , and
as they spin themselves into a fit of rage, the other person in their
life gets too close, too soon.. a letter opener appears in a hand...
and we cut to...sounds of Sirens ... the police arriving to see what
the fuss is about, and some lawyer thinks up a novel defence.i.e.: the
computer made them do it..

<Sigh>


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