Well goback isn't exactly like that. It saves a mirror if you will of
your system and its hidden if I recall so that if you break your
system, as long as you can boot it, you can roll things back to the
day before. I think that is a simple explanation. I've never used
anything like that and not so sure I'd totally trust it, but that
solution is available for those who want it. Oh, and its only
available for windows to the best of my knowledge.
Scott
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On Jun 9, 2006, at 5:11 PM, Travis Siegel wrote:
I don't know what goback does, but judging from the thread, I'd
guess it's a program to restore deleted items. Well, let me
explain something about direct access to thhe file system.
When you use the finder to delete something, it goes into the
trash. So, if you didn't want it deleted, you can move it out of
the trash again. Windows does the same thing with their recycle bin.
Most graphical operating systems do this.
Now, let's say you're at a dos prompt in windows.
del c:\windows\command.com will very happily remove the command.com
file for you. No recycle bin, and no undelete.
Ok, now on mac.
in terminal
as root.
rm _R /*
bye-bye drive contents. No recovery and no second changes.
And thus, the caution about being very careful when you're logged
in as root.
You can do pretty much the same thing in dos, but it takes a
deltree instead of just a del.
