[plug] undelete files in ext3 file system

[Denis Brown]

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, James Devenish wrote:

> In message <20030902042913.GA14301 at mail.guild.uwa.edu.au>
> on Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:29:13PM +0800, James Devenish wrote:
> > There are some luck-related undelete tools, but you may have to
> > resort to doing a string search over the entire drive.
>
> It would be interesting to know if, by a fluke, it were possible for you
> to recover info about your file from remnants of the ext3 journal. Try
> searching Google as a first step to finding out about the world's
> experiences with file recovery.
>
Hmmm... I was wondering about the utility of journalling for that purpose,
too.  I suppose that as others have mentioned, it would be a case of
first-in best-dressed.  If the file system had been written to after the
"Oops", that file space may have already been overwritten.

Is there the equivalent of the "Trash" bin or "Recycle" bin (MAC / PC
respectively) concept in Linux for giving one extra level of "Oh, I really
didn't mean that!" security.   Shamefacedly I must admit to not having
looked too closely at either Gnome or KDE dsktop environments.[1]   Maybe
it's already there?   Not much help in a server environment, agreed, but
would make the up-take of Linux more pleasant to the general populace.

Cheers,
Denis

[1] presently stuck in Windows-land.   Makes mental note to have VNCviewer
on a floppy in shirt pocket, in future :-)