Re: recover deleted file

> On Apr 16, 2022, at 12:27 PM, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> wrote:
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>> 
>> okay...
>> all seems very time consuming operations!!
> 
> Yes
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>> 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.
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> 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
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>  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/
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>  & a mail list that's moderated jobs@freebsd
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>  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 :-)
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>> 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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> 

or just use ZFS filesystem and leverage regular snapshots.   I wrote a script that manages snapshots (moves to weekly, monthly and deletes snaps) but i believe there is a utility in the ports collection that will do the automated management. 


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