Re: recover deleted file

Hi,
thanks for your response.

Would someone from the foundation step in and put it in GSOC ideas?

kirk@ - would it be possible for you to do it ? :)

Sami


On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 7:26 PM Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> wrote:

> > okay...
> > all seems very time consuming operations!!
>
> Yes
>
> > 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.
>
> 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
>
>   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/
>
>   & a mail list that's moderated jobs@freebsd
>
>   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 :-)
>
> >
> > 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
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Julian Stacey  http://berklix.com/jhs/ http://StolenVotes.UK
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>


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