undo rm

[Ian Stephen]

Hi all

Supposing someone working as root (su) typed

" rm -fr ./Some_directory/../*.* "

then noticed, in Konqueror running on another display, what may have
been directories in the directory from which the command was issued
disappearing.  Doesn't look to me like that should happen, but maybe the
command confused bash?  These disappearances having happened rather
quickly, the root person might not even know what the things that
disappeared were.

Even worse, this root person hadn't got around to actually doing backups
quite yet, even with helpful tips from the likes of Mr Bandel.

How might this person get those disappeared things back?  Or even just
find out what they were? Is it possible?

Hypothetically of course.  I'm not saying I did this...
(ok fine, have a good belly-laugh.  Damn.)

-- 
Ian Stephen <ianstepn at shaw.ca>