goddamn who would use ext3 huh? 

in ext2 you delete a file and the inode info is kept intact.

ext3 loses the block list from the inode, meaning you have to search the
flaming disk for a telltale file pattern.

by the way in my case chris the tag is Exif, as there is a exif tag at
the start of the file.

thanks

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 12:19:58 +1300
Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:13, you wrote:
> > thanks clark,
> >
> > "no deleted inodes found"
> 
> All is not lost yet.
> The start of every jpeg file is similar to this:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] chris $ od -c stlogo.jpg | head -n 2
> 
> 0000000 377 330 377 340  \0 020   J   F   I   F  \0 001 001 001  \0   H
> 0000020  \0   H  \0  \0 377 333  \0   C  \0
> 
> Test it out on a file from the same source as the ones you wish to recover, ie 
> you digicam. You can then search for that pattern using the method expounded 
> on:-
> 
> http://recover.sourceforge.net/unix/
> 
> Recover the data using the dd utility.
> 
> Pray that the files are not fragmented.
> 
> > On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:19:34 +1300
> >
> > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Is there a way to undelete ext2/3 files. I have a directory of jpg files
> > > (taken off my digicam) that I just deleted by accident. they are on a
> > > sep partition mpunted as /mnt/hdb1 so i can ensure nothing else is
> > > overwritten in the meantime.
> Thus, presumably the files are all the same size?
> 
> > > Thanks guys, and don't preach about backups please, I know, I know! I
> > > was tidying my filesystem to make backups easier.
> 
> -- 
> Sincerely etc.
> Christopher Sawtell
> 
> NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me,
> it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine.
> Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
> 

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