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05-18-2003, 01:26 AM
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Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Puyallup, WA
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Deleted files!!!
I have deleted a few files and they are not in the trash. Any idea where they could be? I have been deleted lots of stuff but nothing in my trash!??? HELP!
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05-18-2003, 01:36 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: Gentoo x86_64; FreeBSD; OS X
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They have been sent to /dev/null, ie: they're gone man.
Linux is not as forgiving as windows, so you really need to make sure you don't need a file before you delete it.....
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05-18-2003, 04:05 AM
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Registered: May 2003
Location: Sydney
Distribution: RedHat
Posts: 111
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forget bout ya files buddy, if u right click its say send to trash or del filed
if u del file its gone 4 eva (as far as i know)
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05-18-2003, 08:24 AM
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Registered: Apr 2003
Location: root@localhost
Distribution: Fedora Core 5, Ubuntu, Debian
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Quote:
Originally posted by bulliver
They have been sent to /dev/null, ie: they're gone man.
Linux is not as forgiving as windows, so you really need to make sure you don't need a file before you delete it.....
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bulliver is correct,
you should be carefull when deleting files... specially important ones...
-JT
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