Re: undeletion at filesystem level or in extra filesystem?

[Thomas Bushnell, BSG]

Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:

> Now, sure, we can talk about the right semantics.  We can think of
> versioning with automatic expiration of old versions, either by time or by
> count.  We can talk about making new versions when files are modified or
> deleted.  We can keep in mind that keeping files around after they have been
> "deleted" is keeping fragmentation up.  We can also think about border
> conditions like what you do if the disk simply is full and you can not keep
> the data around sensibly (the bleeping dialog box of Windows is certainly
> suboptimal).  If there are other semantic categories you are thinking about,
> please let us know.

You seem to be taking my point to be some backsided attempt to kill
the notion; it's not.

What I object to is the vague semantics of "if the bits happen to
still be on disk, restore the file."  That's miserable.