[plug] ARGH!!!!

[Sacha Schlegel]

Hi Brad

> Just thought I'd share one of those stomach turning moments when 
> your logged in as root, in your own home dir and for some un-explained
> reason, add a * to your rm line. Lucky I did not have an -rf..

There is a way to undelete files on a ext2 filesystem.

Check this out: 

1) http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Ext2fs-Undeletion.html
2) http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Ext2fs-Undeletion-Dir-Struct/index.
tml

I could save a file which I accidentially deleted with rm. I used the 
howto 1) from above.

Good Luck.

Sacha Schlegel