Re: [help] "cvs rm -f" question

[david]

>  Dear all,
> 
> I'm a newbie to cvs, please excuse me if my question is in FAQ.
> My problem is:
> - i have a local cvs server
> - after checking out a project, many changes has been made
> - because the changes include deleting files from the project, i must have 
used "cvs rm -f [filenames]"

I don't use "cvs rm -f", for similar reasons.  Destructive commands should
be slightly awkward, and streamlining them is often a bad idea.

> - unfortunately, instead of this command, i used "cvs rm -f" (without any 
file names!), and all files in the project directory are accidentally 
removed :-(
> 
> Please help me recover deleted files, if it is possible.
>
Which files?  If you didn't commit the changes, then you didn't change
the repository.  (If you did, it's possible to check out the files again
and re-add them.)  If you want to recover the files you deleted, it's
probably impossible unless they were backed up.  Unix has one-step
file deletion, unlike the Macintosh and Microsoft Windows which have
a two-step, and that two-step deletion has saved me on occasion.
 
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