recovering files

krunal · 06-16-2005, 05:48 AM

hi,

i have accidently overwritten a file on a linux server. Is there any way to recover the previous version of the file.

thanks in advance for any help

seran · 06-16-2005, 09:59 AM

what u did exactly?
used cp/ftp/scp or using any editor?
can u give some more details.

krunal · 06-17-2005, 06:38 AM

I am working on a remote linux server. By mistake i uploaded a file through FTP in the www folder. The previous version of the file got overwritten on the server. I don't have much permissions on the server. I guess chances of recovering the file are very less.