Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!rochester!ken From: ken@rochester.arpa (Ken Yap) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: stupidity in directory management? Message-ID: <746@sol.ARPA> Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 22:44:13 EDT Article-I.D.: sol.746 Posted: Thu Jul 23 22:44:13 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 11:07:56 EDT References: <8414@brl-adm.ARPA> <1495@ihdev.ATT.COM> Reply-To: ken@rochester.UUCP (Ken Yap) Organization: U of Rochester, CS Dept, Rochester, NY Lines: 8 No, I'm sorry, count me out of the "general consensus" to add support for undeleting files in Unix. I think the kernel is bloated enough as it is and this is a feature that can be moved into user space. What I did say was that if you are going to add this feature, then do it properly. Half baked hacks that scavenge the free list don't cut it. Ken