[SOLVED] How to Recover File deleted with ' rm -rf ' command.
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How to Recover File deleted with ' rm -rf ' command.
Hi Friends,
I am new to Linux & was working on my notes in vmware. but accidentally my system shutdown and my vim got closed. when system reboot i was taking my closed vim file back up accidentally i deleted the main file named "nis-server-configuration" with 'rm -rf' command but still one copy of file is present in ".nis-server-configuration.swp" in my swap space.
i tired to open ".nis-server-configuration.swp" with vim but it not in perfect order.
Please anyone give me idea how to recover file which is ".nis-server-configuration.swp" also plz guide me how to recover the file which we delete from rm -rf command.
Configure VMWare to add external media to the guest (external USB stick, floppy image, SAMBA share if you can have it networked) and configure the guest to boot from a Live CD like KNOPPIX or Helix 2008R1 (no need to burn it, just the ISO should do). Don't mount the guest's partitions but just point testdisk to the partition containing the deleted files after reading some basic instructions. Save the file to your external media.
-r {file} Recovery mode. The swap file is used to recover a crashed
editing session. The swap file is a file with the same
filename as the text file with ".swp" appended. See ":help
recovery".
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