[ale] How do I 'undelete' a file?

Kevin J. Schmidt kschmidt at mindspring.com
Fri Jan 18 13:15:38 EST 2002


Actually, there is a tool that I've used to recover a deleted file from
Linux, but I believe you have to use it soon after the initial deletion.
I wish I could remember the name of the tool. I'll see if I can find it.

-Kevin

On Fri, 2002-01-18 at 13:06, Vernard Martin wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-01-18 at 12:33, Charles Marcus wrote:
> > I knew I might do something dumb...
> 
> In general, there is no concept of "undelete" a file for the filesystems
> that unix systems use. If you come from the Windows world where Norton
> Utilities has made this a common thing then you need to forget that it
> ever existed as of now :)
> 
> Making nightly backups so that you can restore is the best way to
> protect yourself.
> 
> V
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> insatiable.
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