[NTLUG:Discuss] IRC support question

[Greg Edwards]

I don't use Nautilus specifically.  But usually selecting a file in a 
file manager and deleting it moves it to the trash bin.  Isn't this the 
default in Nautilus?

Greg Edwards
http://edwards.nas-inet.com


Pesto wrote:
> Yes, that is funny. Although I remember doing something similar circa 1997,
> but that regarded BIND setup.
>
> /lurk
>
> Pesto
>
> On Jul 21, 2011 2:04 AM, "Ralph Green"<sfreader at sbcglobal.net>  wrote:
>
> Howdy,
>   I sometimes hang out in the Ubuntu channel on irc to answer support
> questions.  I do it on the #ntlug channel too, but not many people
> visit.  Today, someone asked if it was possible to recover a file after
> he pressed Shift-Delete.  After a few questions to figure out what he
> was talking about(He selected a file in Nautilus and pressed
> Shift-Delete and then said yes, he did want to permanently delete the
> file), I explained that there were methods to recover data that had
> merely been deleted, but not wiped.  I explained a little of the process
> and said it was very involved and was only worth the trouble for very
> valuable data.  He asked a couple more uninformed questions(no biggie,
> those are common and everyone has to learn), and then said he was ready.
> He wanted me to write him a detailed, step by step guide to exactly what
> he needed to do.  Now, I wonder if that question is as funny to anyone
> else as it is to me.  Maybe he did not know enough to realize what he
> was asking.  This kind of a thing is more of an investigation than a
> simple process and writing up such a thing would be a huge effort.  It
> certainly seems like a bigger job than was reasonable in a free irc
> channel.  Comments?  Maybe it is simpler than I think and someone can
> just tell me that.
> Good day,
> Ralph
>
>
>
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