Glen Yu wrote: > If I accidentally deleted a file in any GNU/Linux or Unix-based OS, is > there anyway I can recover those files? The good news is the file can be recovered in exactly the same way as you do in windows: Restore the file from a recent backup. The bad news is you need to have a backup handy. External firewire hard drives of massive capacity are getting inexpensive, and faubackup can handle nightly backups like a champ.