undo a rm -rf

[Robert Storey]

On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 16:18:02 -0700
Joshua Oreman <oremanj at www.get-linux.org> wrote:


> > On Linux, I've installed Libtrash, a "trashcan" which works even at the console. I think it's just a series of scripts, but it works superbly. I tried installing it on FBSD, but it failed to compile, exiting with this error message:
> > 
> >   /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ldl
> >   *** Error code 1
> > 
> > If I knew what I was doing, I'd surely try to port Libtrash to FBSD. Sadly, I'm not a knowledgeable developer, just a dumb user. If anyone is interested:
> > 
> >   http://www.m-arriaga.net/software/libtrash/
> 
> That's me, I'm interested (and a knowledgable quasi-developer :-)
> To get it to compile, remove all occurences of -ldl from src/Makefile.
> However, then it coredumps on any open() call and doesn't move stuff
> to the trash :P
> I'm working on it.



That's great Josh! Let us know if you get it working. I'll be happy to beta test it.

best regards,
Robert