On 02:34:15 Dec 30, Hannah Schroeter wrote: > > If you type rm foo and foo was the last link to the file (the underlying > inode) and there was no open file descriptor and no mapped memory > referring to the inode, either (I hope I've covered the important kinds > of references to inodes), the inode (data structure on your disk) will > be completely cleared and the inode and the data blocks will be > returned to the freelist (managed as bitmaps), on FFS. Of course also > the directory entry "foo", which maintained the link between the file > name and the inode, will be cleared. So both the links between the name > and the inode, as well as the link between the inode (the file) and the > data (the blocks containing your text, or other data) will be gone. >
If what you are saying is indeed accurate then that puts paid to that. It is clear that it is impossible to undelete an FFS file. Thanks. -Girish
