Re: gpart destroy, in depth

Graham Perrin wrote on 4/11/23 1:46 PM:
> On 11/04/2023 14:32, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote:
>>> …
>> I suppose sysutils/testdisk will be useful for recovering, as most of actual
>> file systems are left intact
>
>
> Thanks, I forgot that the utility has this capability.
>
> This reignites hope of recovery without a third party.
>
> Re: my question to Warner about preciseness, now I realise, the answer 
> is almost certainly "Yes", because the manual page for gpart(8) notes 
> that the 'restore' argument/command, which does not affect the content 
> of partitions, can be preceded by destruction (-F).
>
> Also, thanks to the people who responded privately.
>
Any update on this please?

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