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396527 2005-10-15 06:44:00 feeling really retarded lately and so i find myself deleting files i need
and also i do this on my gentoo machine so no recyle bin or trash
if it was on windows..i can easily get my file back in no time even if i cleaned out the recyle bin..
but on gentoo..as a linux noob i'm totally lost

the data i deleted isn't really important
but just annoying..it would be nice if i can just undelete it..

looked around on gentoo's packages site..
keywords i use to search didn't giv me anything i want..
mostly stuff on partition recovery and such
not just one single file

there's probably something really obvious and can use to do this riight??
or isn't this so simple..
heni72847 (1166)
396528 2005-10-15 07:22:00 If I were you on Windows, I wouldn't touch the folder where you had deleted the files anymore until I am sure of guaranteed-help. :D

Cheers :)
Renmoo (66)
396529 2005-10-15 08:49:00 yup know that from experience too.ha..
now just need some software to help me in gentoo that's all
heni72847 (1166)
396530 2005-10-15 08:56:00 I haven't tried this (linux.editme.com)

Or more details (forums.suselinuxsupport.de)

No simple undelete program it would seem (www.antrix.net)

Backup, backup, backup :2cents:
gibler (49)
396531 2005-10-15 09:27:00 um...been to one of those sites already but the others were worth the read..
give up on the idea now i guess
just have to stay fully awake when i use the comp next time..

feels like the stuff is sorta more securely deleted..
heni72847 (1166)
396532 2005-10-15 09:38:00 What.. no trash/wastebin????

You in KDE or Gnome?
personthingy (1670)
396533 2005-10-15 12:23:00 feeling really retarded lately and so i find myself deleting files i need
and also i do this on my gentoo machine so no recyle bin or trash
if it was on windows..i can easily get my file back in no time even if i cleaned out the recyle bin..
but on gentoo..as a linux noob i'm totally lost

the data i deleted isn't really important
but just annoying..it would be nice if i can just undelete it..

looked around on gentoo's packages site..
keywords i use to search didn't giv me anything i want..
mostly stuff on partition recovery and such
not just one single file

there's probably something really obvious and can use to do this riight??
or isn't this so simple..

Try rm -W nameoffile. See man rm for the proper use in bash if that does not work.

To avoid such things in future, add an alias to your .bashrc file such as alias rm rm -i. This makes rm ask for confirmation before it really deletes a file. Hope that helps.
vinref (6194)
396534 2005-10-16 00:45:00 Of course, because computer users are infallible (we must be, mustn't we, because we are smart enough to use computers?) "Are you sure?" prompts tend to be treated with contempt. "Of course I'm bloody sure, dumb computer! Do as you're told". This, of course, is often followed by the "Oh......" reaction.

My favorite, so far, is the character who was told by the software that he was trying to flash his BIOS with the wrong code. I'm sure it was a very strong warning. He knew what he was doing. He was a computer user flashing his BIOS. He was very soon a computer user without a working computer.
Graham L (2)
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