How to recover deleted document from redhat Linux"

Aneesh.T .S · 01-30-2012, 12:19 AM

Dear Friends,
I had deleted one Document (used rm -rf)from my Redhat Linux 5 mistakenly.But now i need that Document,But I do not know how to recover that document.So kindly Explain my FRIENDS "How to recover deleted document from redhat Linux".

Regards
Aneesh T S

EricTRA · 01-30-2012, 01:02 AM

Hello,

Have a look at TestDisk and PhotoRec. There pretty good in recovering files, depending on the type. Read the user manual / man page before jumping in.

Kind regards,

Eric

Reuti · 01-31-2012, 01:44 PM

Even if you are lucky and can recover the file, maybe it’s a point to start thinking about a backup for valuable data. In this case also a local former version would have been helpful (maybe something like rdiff or rsnapshot).

John VV · 01-31-2012, 05:57 PM

besides all of the above
depending on IF you used gedit to make the file there MIGHT be a auto saved back up IF you turned that on
hit < control> + < h> to show the hidden filed and look for a file by that name with a " ~ " after it's name

rhbegin · 02-03-2012, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John VV

besides all of the above
depending on IF you used gedit to make the file there MIGHT be a auto saved back up IF you turned that on
hit < control> + < h> to show the hidden filed and look for a file by that name with a " ~ " after it's name

Can you explain why/how gedit creates the " ~ " files?

thanks for sharing the tip for control + h

John VV · 02-03-2012, 09:25 PM

it is on the every day program preferences

on the preferences " Editor" tab
a check box " make back up copy before saving"

abefroman · 02-03-2012, 09:27 PM

You can use TSK/Autopsy to find deleted files:
http://www.sleuthkit.org/