Re: urgent: I just rm-r a directory
See also the recent discussion "remind me ... (file undelete on FreeBSD 5.4)", http://groups.google.bg/group/mailing.freebsd.fs/browse_thread/thread/1d84ba42a36cde93/773ec6ce75b8e6e1 . Note the mentioned locations and tools, "ports/sysutils/autopsy", "sleuthkit", "unrm" and "lazarus". From: Ian Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: urgent: I just rm-r a directory Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 08:44:48 -0400 Thanks to all how had replyed to me :) I'm from a dos/windows world so I was hoping for an "undelete utility" On fat partitions data is not deleted, it's just flag as deleted, so I though it was the same for freebsd. Seems like I'll have to call the company that store our tapes offsite to recover :) Thanks to all At 20:34 2006-08-06, jan gestre wrote: On 8/7/06, Ian Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I did a rm-r by mistake on a directory... any way to recover ? Help please :( _ if you don't have back ups of the directory concerned, i'm sorry to inform you that you won't be able to recover it. a word of advise, at least make the rm with -i switch to make it interactive, that way it will ask you first before deleting, good thing though it's not your "/" you deleted :D ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: urgent: I just rm-r a directory
Hello, Note that the files contents itself are still on the disk if they haven't been overwritten by later disk operations. If you do not have a backup and you know what you are looking for, you can use commands such as "grep" or "strings" over the disk partition. You can find explanatory pages on the Internet about that, such as http://bluesmoon.blogspot.com/2004/08/undelete-in-freebsd.html. (And if you don't want to take any chances, there are companies specialising in data recovery.) Regards, Vesselin. From: Ian Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: urgent: I just rm-r a directory Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 08:44:48 -0400 Thanks to all how had replyed to me :) I'm from a dos/windows world so I was hoping for an "undelete utility" On fat partitions data is not deleted, it's just flag as deleted, so I though it was the same for freebsd. Seems like I'll have to call the company that store our tapes offsite to recover :) Thanks to all At 20:34 2006-08-06, jan gestre wrote: On 8/7/06, Ian Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I did a rm-r by mistake on a directory... any way to recover ? Help please :( _ if you don't have back ups of the directory concerned, i'm sorry to inform you that you won't be able to recover it. a word of advise, at least make the rm with -i switch to make it interactive, that way it will ask you first before deleting, good thing though it's not your "/" you deleted :D ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: urgent: I just rm-r a directory
Thanks to all how had replyed to me :) I'm from a dos/windows world so I was hoping for an "undelete utility" On fat partitions data is not deleted, it's just flag as deleted, so I though it was the same for freebsd. Seems like I'll have to call the company that store our tapes offsite to recover :) Thanks to all At 20:34 2006-08-06, jan gestre wrote: On 8/7/06, Ian Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I did a rm-r by mistake on a directory... any way to recover ? Help please :( _ if you don't have back ups of the directory concerned, i'm sorry to inform you that you won't be able to recover it. a word of advise, at least make the rm with -i switch to make it interactive, that way it will ask you first before deleting, good thing though it's not your "/" you deleted :D ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: urgent: I just rm-r a directory
On 8/7/06, Ian Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I did a rm-r by mistake on a directory... any way to recover ? Help please :( _ if you don't have back ups of the directory concerned, i'm sorry to inform you that you won't be able to recover it. a word of advise, at least make the rm with -i switch to make it interactive, that way it will ask you first before deleting, good thing though it's not your "/" you deleted :D ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: urgent: I just rm-r a directory
Ian Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did a rm-r by mistake on a directory... any way to recover ? As has already been said, it's extremely difficult to recover an rmed directory. If you don't have backups, and the data is _very_ importation, immediately shut down the OS and turn off the system to avoid overwriting anything. It's possible that there's still enough data on the disk to reconstruct everything, but any time you write to the disk you could be destroying it. >From there, the road to recovery is difficult and/or expensive. There are folks out there with the knowledge to recover a deleted directory, and there are some HOWTOs floating around the 'net, but it's an involved and time-consuming process. -- Bill Moran Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. Benjamin Franklin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: urgent: I just rm-r a directory
On Sunday 06 August 2006 18:02, Ian Lord wrote: > I did a rm-r by mistake on a directory... any way to recover ? > > Help please :( Restore from your backups :) Seriously, if you don't have backups, your chances of recovery are near 0. Nicolas. -- FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #11: Sun Jul 30 12:12:59 EDT 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLK01A PGP? : http://www.clkroot.net/security/nb_root.asc pgpUukV8HK4Ix.pgp Description: PGP signature