If you did not use –skipTrash, the file should be in your trash. Refer: http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/current/hdfs_design.html#File+Deletes+and+Undeletes for more information.
From: varun kumar <varun....@gmail.com<mailto:varun....@gmail.com>> Reply-To: "hdfs-user@hadoop.apache.org<mailto:hdfs-user@hadoop.apache.org>" <hdfs-user@hadoop.apache.org<mailto:hdfs-user@hadoop.apache.org>> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:15:10 -0700 To: "common-u...@hadoop.apache.org<mailto:common-u...@hadoop.apache.org>" <common-u...@hadoop.apache.org<mailto:common-u...@hadoop.apache.org>> Cc: "hdfs-user@hadoop.apache.org<mailto:hdfs-user@hadoop.apache.org>" <hdfs-user@hadoop.apache.org<mailto:hdfs-user@hadoop.apache.org>> Subject: HDFS Files Deleted Dear All, By Mistake i have deleted file in from HDFS using the command: hadoop dfs -rmr /* Is there any way to retrieve the deleted data. -- Regards, Varun Kumar.P
