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Old 12-29-2013, 03:27 PM   #1
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blank file after system reboot

Hi,

I had a file called backup.sh open last night in VI.

My windows system got auto rebooted and my terminal was closed down. Today the file is empty.

I tried vi -r backup.sh but there was no swap file.

Also I noticed the ownership and permissions for the file are gone:

?--------- ? ? ? ? ? backup.sh

What could have happened and is there anyway I could try to retrieve the content of the file?

Thanks
 
Old 12-30-2013, 12:57 AM   #2
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What could have happened and
When your "system got auto rebooted" the application possibly wasn't able to write out contents and close the file properly.


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is there anyway I could try to retrieve the content of the file?
If part of the file was saved try testdisk or photorec or a hexeditor.
 
Old 12-30-2013, 08:09 AM   #3
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Apparently this was RAID issues. After rebooting the file worked again. Thanks!
 
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Apparently this was RAID issues.
Thanks for posting your solution!
 
  


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