Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 16:37:06 -0700 From: "Ken Carnahan" <ken@carnahan.ws> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Recover files Message-ID: <003d01c218b3$644e4960$151e5142@hewlett2ih5nie> References: <003201c218b1$935ed960$151e5142@hewlett2ih5nie> <20020620232926.GA77631@dan.emsphone.com>
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Thanks Dan, Lets see.. I read it on a linux box at work.. the version of rm is 4.1 that is installed there. Its like the last 2 lines before the copyright info where it mentions shred. Eitherway, you gave me the info I really was looking for :) Thanks again Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Nelson" <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: "Ken Carnahan" <ken@carnahan.ws> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 4:29 PM Subject: Re: Recover files > In the last episode (Jun 20), Ken Carnahan said: > > I noticed in the man page for 'rm' that it states that you can > > usually recover the contents of the file that you deleted, and to use > > shred if you want it to be really non recoverable. > > > > I was just curious, how can you recover the contents of a file that > > you used rm on ? > > su to root, dd the raw partition and scan for text that you recognize. > > Not sure where you read this, though. rm's manpage has no mention of a > "shred" command. > > > -- > Dan Nelson > dnelson@allantgroup.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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