Sorry, xfsrestore is only good if you've previously xfsdumped.
If you deleted a file, the data may still be there on disk (as with
any
other filesystem) but there's no automated way to recover it.
-Eric
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, King Kac wrote:
> So I'm trying to recover some deleted files on my
xfs-formatted
> hw raid array mounted on /home
> I read off of this newsgroup that xfsrestore was the tool to use.
> Here's what I'm trying to do:
>
> xfsdump -s comotion -J - /home | xfsrestore - /mnt/restore/
>
> This obviously only copies the files already there, and does not
> recover unlinked files.
> So... what is the method to recover unlined files then??
>
> cheers,
> Kacper Wysocki
>