Generate list of deleted files

eshwarconsulting · 02-01-2012, 12:51 AM

I copied all JPEGs from my laptop to an external drive using

find . -name "*.jpg" -exec cp '{}' ./media/Backup/pictures \;

And then deleted all of them from my laptop.

Now, I realize that I need the folder path of all the original JPEGs as the path has the important information.

I dont need to recover the files. Just need the full path of all the deleted files like this:

/home/mypc/project/1234/a.jpg
/home/mypc/project/1235/b.jpg
/home/mypc/project/1010/z.jpg

Is there a way to get this? I have root access.

Thanks in advance

mayursingru · 02-01-2012, 01:01 AM

Hi,
Well you already used "find" for copying & deleting use the same for searching the same files.
Try this & let me know of it works.

Code:

 find / -name "*.jpg"

eshwarconsulting · 02-01-2012, 01:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mayursingru

Hi,
Well you already used "find" for copying & deleting use the same for searching the same files.
Try this & let me know of it works.

Code:

 find / -name "*.jpg"

I have deleted all the JPG files. So, this wont return anything. I guess I will need to use some feature of a recover/undelete application without really doing the recovery. Thanks

chrism01 · 02-01-2012, 06:38 PM

Try photorec