Lost a file !!

hitesh_linux · 12-10-2002, 02:27 AM

Hello Friends,

I lost my dir and one file in redhat 8.

i del this file and dir from tty1.

can i recover it back.

how can i recover????

plz help me....

Hitesh

zLinuxz · 12-10-2002, 03:03 AM

what directory and what file did you delete from what part?

hitesh_linux · 12-10-2002, 08:49 AM

Hi,

it was in /home dir call 'hitesh' and file name is 'f_dis '
both are in /home dir.

and by mistakenly i give this command on treminal.

root: rm -r hitesh
root: rm f_dis

now i want to recover both.

how can i recover it???

Hitesh

unSpawn · 12-10-2002, 10:53 AM

If you're on a system that writes a lot, you're almost always out of luck. If you OTOH powered down the system directly after you discovered you deleted the stuff, try to boot it up in single mode (partitions mounted readonly). If you've got "mc" (Midnight commander) try the undelete option. Else try recover.
If that doesn't work, there's another option called "TCT" (The Coroners Toolkit), but that requires experience with those tools, not recommended unless you've got much time and patience.