how to restore a folder

dody1313 · 05-15-2008, 11:41 AM

hi guys
i have mistakenly erase all the components on a folder.
i would like to know if is there anyway i could do a undo or a restore to get eveythign back?
by the way i am using soalris 10
thnx

Blinker_Fluid · 05-15-2008, 12:00 PM

Are you doing anything for backup? A restore is about the only way. There isn't a recycle bin in Solaris, it actually believes you want to delete things...

dody1313 · 05-15-2008, 01:21 PM

oh darn!!!
so basically i lost all the files in there right?

crisostomo_enrico · 05-15-2008, 04:11 PM

If you rm something, and this something cannot be recovered from, for example, an earlier snapshot of that file system, then yes, I think you lost it.

dody1313 · 05-16-2008, 09:06 AM

oh ok

well thnx

flowerman · 05-31-2008, 09:53 AM

do you have any symbolic link for this folder ? then I'll suggest to know the inode for this folder I think the only way to restore file in Solaris is to know the indoe number. hope this help

pixellany · 05-31-2008, 09:58 AM

How about "testdisk"? I have never used it, but I have seen it recommended many times.

Lost data is usually recoverable if you do not do anything to write to the disk. When you "delete" something you are only removing the link to the inode--the actual data is still there.