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NAME
vfs_recycle - Samba VFS recycle bin
SYNOPSIS
vfs objects = recycle
DESCRIPTION
This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite.
The vfs_recycle intercepts file deletion requests and moves the
affected files to a temporary repository rather than deleting them
immediately. This gives the same effect as the Recycle Bin on Windows
computers.
The Recycle Bin will not appear in Windows Explorer views of the
network file system (share) nor on any mapped drive. Instead, a
directory called .recycle will be automatically created when the first
file is deleted and recycle:repository is not configured. If
recycle:repository is configured, the name of the created directory
depends on recycle:repository. Users can recover files from the recycle
bin. If the recycle:keeptree option has been specified, deleted files
will be found in a path identical with that from which the file was
deleted.
This module is stackable.
OPTIONS
recycle:repository = PATH
Path of the directory where deleted files should be moved.
If this option is not set, the default path .recycle is used.
recycle:directory_mode = MODE
Set MODE to the octal mode the recycle repository should be created
with. The recycle repository will be created when first file is
deleted. If recycle:subdir_mode is not set, MODE also applies to
subdirectories.
If this option is not set, the default mode 0700 is used.
recycle:subdir_mode = MODE
Set MODE to the octal mode with which sub directories of the
recycle repository should be created.
If this option is not set, subdirectories will be created with the
mode from recycle:directory_mode.
recycle:keeptree = BOOL
Specifies whether the directory structure should be preserved or
whether the files in a directory that is being deleted should be
kept separately in the repository.
recycle:versions = BOOL
If this option is True, two files with the same name that are
deleted will both be kept in the repository. Newer deleted versions
of a file will be called "Copy #x of filename".
recycle:minsize = BYTES
Files that are smaller than the number of bytes specified by this
parameter will not be put into the repository.
recycle:maxsize = BYTES
Files that are larger than the number of bytes specified by this
parameter will not be put into the repository.
recycle:exclude = LIST
List of files that should not be put into the repository when
deleted, but deleted in the normal way. Wildcards such as * and ?
are supported.
recycle:exclude_dir = LIST
List of directories whose files should not be put into the
repository when deleted, but deleted in the normal way. Wildcards
such as * and ? are supported.
recycle:noversions = LIST
Specifies a list of paths (wildcards such as * and ? are supported)
for which no versioning should be used. Only useful when
recycle:versions is enabled.
EXAMPLES
Move files "deleted" on share to /data/share/.recycle instead of
deleting them:
[share]
path = /data/share
vfs objects = recycle
recycle:repository = .recycle
recycle:keeptree = yes
recycle:versions = yes
VERSION
This man page is part of version 4.13.17 of the Samba suite.
AUTHOR
The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
Samba 4.13.17 01/31/2022 VFS_RECYCLE(8)