[plug] undelete files in ext3 file system

[Richard Meyer]

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                      James Devenish                                                                                                
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>In message <sf548ac8.013 at mmtnetworks.com.au>
>on Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:19:08PM +0800, Jon  Miller wrote:
>> Need to find out how to undelete files on a RHL7.3 server using the
>> ext3 file system.

>Enable a snapshot of the drive ASAP (or, perhaps you will be lucky and
>unmounting the drive ASAP will be okay for you) -- the more the
>filesystem is used, the less likely you are to be able to recover
>anything. Then...panic, unless you have a recent backup. Take the drive
>offline. There are some luck-related undelete tools, but you may have to
>resort to doing a string search over the entire drive.

Midnight commander may be able to help you here if you managed to get it
unmounted in time.

Just checked .. yes, right mailing list ;)

RichardM