rm -rf * , want to undo this

postiwala · 04-20-2007, 09:26 PM

I have deleted some important files in linux.
i m working on fedora core 4.
I issued "rm -rf *"

now want to retrieve them.
help me..

dxqcanada · 04-20-2007, 09:32 PM

Not an easy thing to do.

I would suggest you stop using your workstation immediately.

Jump onto a different workstation and google "linux undelete" ... you will find many articles on this issue.

Matir · 04-21-2007, 11:41 AM

The easiest option is to restore from a backup. However, if you did not have a backup, or at least not a current one, any undelete would be based on the filesystem: ext2? ext3? reiser?

cormack · 04-21-2007, 04:03 PM

How did you manage to do rm -rf *? my friend did that to me once as root. :'(

rickh · 04-21-2007, 04:16 PM

Quote:

rm -rf ... my friend did that to me once as root.

Now I gotta friend who spends his life
Stabbing my picture with a bowie-knife
Dreams of strangling me with a scarf
When my name comes up he pretends to barf.
I've got a million friends!

- Bob Dylan.

cormack · 04-21-2007, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rickh

Now I gotta friend who spends his life
Stabbing my picture with a bowie-knife
Dreams of strangling me with a scarf
When my name comes up he pretends to barf.
I've got a million friends!

- Bob Dylan.

HaHa like it.

justsimran · 04-21-2007, 05:45 PM

LOL same happened to me

,, i stuffed up my trainers workstation by issuing a simple command which just toook a second to run,,,

root: rm -rf *

ooooops!!

dnt wanna do this mistake again,,,

sim