retrieving original file after saved changes

sankarv · 12-02-2008, 06:05 AM

hi,

is there a way to retrieve the original file after modifying and saving changes if the changes are not needed.

apart from version control methods is there any other means? any info could be found from logs? etc.,.

Thanks in advance.

Nylex · 12-02-2008, 06:44 AM

If it's a text file, the editor you used to modify it probably kept a backup, with a slightly different name (e.g. Emacs, by default appends a ~ to the filename for the original).

sankarv · 12-03-2008, 12:19 AM

thanks for the reply but i could not find any name similar to the original slightly modified. by the way i used vi editor... also there were few restarting of my macine done in between. will the file still remain there?

Nylex · 12-03-2008, 12:29 AM

The files should survive reboots - they're just regular files after all. Perhaps vi doesn't enable this feature by default. You might want to read the documentation for whichever clone of vi you're using.