# recover(1)

## NAME

         recover - recover files that have been removed.

## SYNOPSIS

         recover file ...

## EXAMPLES

         rm x; recover x     # Unremove x

         recover a b c       # Recover three files

## DESCRIPTION

         MINIX allows files that have been deleted (e.g., with rm) to be  restored
         (in  /tmp).  The trick is that when a file is unlinked, its i-node number
         is kept in the directory entry.  As long as the directory entry and  disk
         blocks  are  not  reused,  the  file  can  be recovered.  This program is
         actually just a little front end for de, which must  be  installed  as  a
         set-uid root executable.

## SEE ALSO

         de(9).