Lost file with rm command

Hello all,
I don't know what I wanted to do with this command but I did it ^^
# rm YYYYY.data Whitecastle
rm: cannot remove `Whitecastle': No such file or directory
After this clever action I can't see the YYYYY.data file in the folder, is it still on my HDD or gone forever?
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Namik Delilovic (2009-05-12 16:07:46)

Namik Delilovic wrote:
"when you use rm from the terminal, it immediately "deletes" the file bypassing any use of a trashcan. Fortunately, most filesystems wont actually REMOVE the data, but merely mark its location on your harddrive as "usable" by other file writes. Because of this, you may still be able to recover the item."
Nice to know that, i never thought about it
Thanks
sure thing! I believe you can modify your ~/.bashrc to change the behavior of rm to reflect a trash can...I'm not sure if this works in Arch as I havent tried it here - but it *SHOULD* of course.
make a trash directory first:
cd ~/
mkdir .Trash
~/.bashrc:
alias rm="mv ~/.Trash"
If you now rm a file or directory as the user with the new .bashrc, it should go to trash. log out and back in or reboot first though. additionally, rm now behaves like mv - keep this in mind! If for example, ~/.Trash contains a file named "foobar" and you delete "foobar" from somewhere else on your system...mv now overwrites (replaces) the foobar that was already in the trash with the foobar you just moved. obviously, the above solution isnt perfect, but its a quick and dirty way to save your butt from time to time.
If you hunt around I'm sure you could find a script to more intelligently handle deletions and put an alias in for rm to call that from /usr/bin or something.
you can also edit ~/.bashrc to contain
alias rm = 'rm -i'
which will interactively ask for confirmation...personally - this is a PITA if you ask me - but many people like it. additionally, i just got in the habit to confirm anything and then in the case that I did type the wrong thing, i confirmed it anyway. a bit of windows dialog syndrome, if you will... haha
handling your deletion all comes down to how careful you can be...hopefully one of the above suggestions helps save you further turmoil down the line
Last edited by thisperishedmin (2009-05-13 11:48:37)

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