Strange pmake behavior

MOHRINGJ%ESVAX at dupont.COM MOHRINGJ%ESVAX at dupont.COM
Tue Nov 6 03:26:00 AEST 1990


        In Message-Id: <9011041649.AA25370 at snow-white.merit-tech.com>
Mike Goss writes;
Not to worry; you can't delete a file in Unix until it's good and ready
to let you delete it.  Unlike most operating systems, Unix does not
actually have a file delete operation.  When you think you are deleting
a file, you are really only unlinking it.

        Does this mean there is a way of recovering a file you "rm" only
to find out it was a really big "OPPS!!" in doing so?

Jim Mohring
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