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Re: undelete - xfsrecover'ing deleted files in xfs

To: King Kac <kacperw@xxxxxxxxx>, <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: undelete - xfsrecover'ing deleted files in xfs
From: "Gabe E. Nydick" <gnydick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 18:19:28 -0800
In-reply-to: <20020131210325.C966@comotion>
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On 1/31/02 6:03 PM, "King Kac" <kacperw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 


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