Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!adm!ken@cs.rochester.EDU From: ken@cs.rochester.EDU (Ken Yap) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: stupidity in directory management? Message-ID: <8411@brl-adm.ARPA> Date: Wed, 22-Jul-87 15:40:52 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-adm.8411 Posted: Wed Jul 22 15:40:52 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Jul-87 05:59:41 EDT Sender: news@brl-adm.ARPA Lines: 22 I have no problems with a properly implemented 3 stage delete. What I think is unsatisfactory is a partly implemented undelete that only works some of the time. Imagine this: Mr. Whiz Consultant: And you can recover your files by issuing this command unrm in case you accidentally do a rm. Prof. Big Grant: That is neat. I'll remember that. Two days later... Prof. BG: Uh, help! I deleted a file last night without realizing it and when I issued an unrm this morning I got this message: unrm: blocks unavailable. What does it mean? I really need my grant proposal back! I have to mail it today! Mr. WC: Well, it is documented in relink(2) that sometimes the blocks cannot recovered and... Prof. BG: !#!$@&**&*==! Ken