Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 19:24:59 -0600 (CST)
From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sgi.com>
To: King Kac <kacperw@online.no>
cc: <linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com>
Subject: Re: undelete - xfsrecover'ing deleted files in xfs 
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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
>