On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 11:18:10AM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote:
> All that an undelete would involve (as I currently see it) is:
>
> 1. Have rm move files to a "waste basket" instead of deleting them
> outright.
>
> 2. After files have been in the waste basket a certain length of time,
> say 5 days, automatically delete them.
>
> The only issue with this I can think of, is when the disk becomes near
> to full. Here files should be removed from the waste basket on a
> first-in-first-out basis. It would probably also be good to have a
> warning message in this situation. Something like:
>
> The disk is close to full meaning this operation will
> prematurely purge files from the wastebasket. Do you wish to
> continue?
>
> And that's about all that would be needed I think.
Hmmm ... I'd love to have that interactive line pop up in a cron script. :)
Rob
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