Re: undelete - xfsrecover'ing deleted files in xfs

[King Kac <kacperw@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's what I was afraid of. What's the hard way of recovering it then?
 -Kacper

On 2002.01.31 20:24 Eric Sandeen wrote:
> 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
> >