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Date: 2011apr19
OS: Linux

Q.  How do I make a file undeletable?

A.  Use chattr to set the immutable extended attribute flag:

	chattr +i myfile

Or

	chattr -R +i myfolder

There is an undeletable flag but it doesn't work.
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