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Name: santosh
Date: July 19, 2002 at 23:18:51 Pacific
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Hi Friends,
My Question is that if there is any possibilities in linux to find files once deleted using mv filename command? I mean to say is there any recycle bin like feature in linux too just like in windows. I could find lost+found folder on linux directory hierarchy .But it always shows empty whenever i do mv or cp commmands.
If anybody knows the solution or proper tunning for this plz suggest me that



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Name: dfx
Date: July 20, 2002 at 01:05:52 Pacific
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I'm assuming you're talking about the rm command, not mv, as mv moves/renames files.

Well no, there isn't any built-in trash can feature. rm is final. Only some gui file browsers such as nautilus have trash can functionality. You can attemt to undelete the files using low level "features" of the ext2 filesystem, but you shouldn't have too many hopes. But if it's important, you can read the undelete howto on www.tldp.org.

Note about lost+found: That dir is used when fsck (file system checker) finds lost inodes. The lost inodes are put into that dir with numbered names. That will only happen when your fs gets corrupted.


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