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anish

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Jan 22, 2006, 3:19:01 AM1/22/06
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Is it possible to restore files or folders which are removed using 'rm'
in unix

Grant

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Jan 22, 2006, 4:48:23 AM1/22/06
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On 22 Jan 2006 00:19:01 -0800, "anish" <anish.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Is it possible to restore files or folders which are removed using 'rm'
>in unix

Usually not worth the effort, restore from backup instead ;)

Grant.
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Robert Bonomi

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Jan 22, 2006, 8:53:40 AM1/22/06
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In article <1137917941.5...@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,

anish <anish.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Is it possible to restore files or folders which are removed using 'rm'
>in unix
>

The easy way is to 'restore from backup'.

Oh, you -don't- have a backup?

Then the answer is an authoritative "maybe". *IF* you get to the
machine soon enough, and stop _everything_ else running on the machine,
_and_ have the tools to rummage through the 'free block' list, and
rebuild the file structure manually.

It *is* doable, at least on a not-very-active system with -small- disks.
I _have_ done it. It's *not* pretty, nor quick, nor easy. The stuff
has to be *really* important to justify the time/effort required.


Allodoxaphobia

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Jan 22, 2006, 11:35:33 AM1/22/06
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On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 20:48:23 +1100, Grant wrote:
> On 22 Jan 2006 00:19:01 -0800, "anish" <anish.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Is it possible to restore files or folders which are removed using 'rm'
>>in unix
>
> Usually not worth the effort, restore from backup instead ;)

What's a 'folder'?

Garcia

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Jan 22, 2006, 1:23:14 PM1/22/06
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Folder looks like directory, just a bit more yellow.

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