Re: recover deleted file

> okay...
> all seems very time consuming operations!!

Yes

> There should be an os "undelete" as happens in NTFS for example.. which is
> very fast and can be done also with extra tools without a hassle.

A WIBNI (Wouldnt It Be Nice If) for Unix FS's for as long as I can remember
(decades) but no one's ever done it. 

Ways to get it done:
  Get it listed as a Google Summer Of Code project for FreeBSD, Or

  Get your employer to help pay for it, eg chip in with other BSD
  user companies to pay some money to FreeBSD Foundation, & get
  them to pay for it to be developed.

  Or hire are an individual freelance BSD Consultant to do it,
	There's a global index here http://berklix.com/consultants/

  & a mail list that's moderated jobs@freebsd

  Some author(s) of BSD FFS are on list fs@, Kirk is one name springs
  to mind ? Some freelancers on fs@ I recall.

  IMO Would be a fun job if funded :-)

> 
> for now I got backup from last day .. caused me a lot of troubles, not say
> legal ones, but I passed the point to hold the machine down.
> 
> any advice?
> 
> Maybe UFS developer would do a rework so latest deleted inodes would put in
> a "recycle bin" (maybe with a sysctl or whatever) for say one day (or any
> other configurable sysctl) and allow to recover quickly or "force delete /
> empty recycle bin" , rather than delete and give back space immediately for
> use and destroy possibility to restore.
> 
> my 2 cents.
> 
> Sami

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