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# 1  
Old 08-11-2008
Error how to find missing files
Hi

on friday one user from peoplesoft lost his file.
mean he don't know he saved it or removed it.
but, he need the file and it is most valuable.

so i searched the file in the server, i got the some with same name on /peoplesoft/..../print directory.

is these two are the same one or different?
few days ago he sent a print request to printer.

and , one more question?

can we find the removed files again?
like recyclebin in windows......

thanks
# 2  
Old 08-11-2008
Theres no undelete command in Unix. However, i can think of 2 ways u
cud handle deletion.
1. Set an alias as rm -i in your .profile so that whenever any file is
deleted, u will be prompted for confirmation.
[ alias rm 'rm -i'; ]

2. Shell scripts :
- Write a shell script that will copy the file being deleted in a
different folder and then deletes it from the source folder.
- Set rm as alias for running this script
- Create another shell script that reads the mentioned file from
backup folder and moves it to the current folder.
- Give this shell script an alias (say undelete)

There are some utilities you can purchase that claim to recover deleted files
but I do not know how affective they are.
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