Norton Utilities vs. "the way things are"

[Art Nicolaysen]

In article <5163 at umbc3.UMBC.EDU> ac999321 at umbc5.umbc.edu.UUCP (ac999321) writes:
>>>Retrieving a clobbered file is not, by definition, a job for a
>>>sysadmin.  There's nothing privileged about it.  And people want to do
>>I agree with this completely.  There should be the ability for a user
>>to recover deleted files.  My point is that it should be a function of
>>the kernel, and not an external kludge. 
>
>IHMO, it seems there already is an easy way to accomplish this; write a
>shell script that banishes "deleted" files to a "wastbasket" directory and
>make the user purge the wastebasket when his storage space is used up.  

As long as the user isn't real close to his/her quota limit, the purge
function can be accomplished every time the user logs out.  I use an
aliased rn (alias rn  mv \!* ~/trash_dir) and two lines in a .logout
file.  

This is not a totally robust method, however; does anybody want to post 
or email me their shell script?


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Art Nicolaysen          William Carey Int'l University (Global Mapping)
art at wciu.edu            Pasadena CA 91104