Can you recover deleted files in Unix ?!?
John Kellow
kellow at ndcheg.cheg.nd.edu
Tue Aug 22 02:01:15 AEST 1989
I need some help. Maybe this questions has been covered but I can't
remember seeing anything about it before. Is there any way to recover
deleted files in System V.2 Unix? I typed rm * when I thought I was
in the /tmp directory but guess where I was - that's right, my home
directory. Unfortunately there were some important changes that
haven't been backed up. I was the only person using the computer at
the time, and I immediately unmounted the file system. My manual
entry for rm says something to the the effect that if a directory
entry was the last link count for a file then the file is destroyed -
does this mean data and everything? Please tell me it isn't so. I'll
be eagerly awaiting any replies.
John Kellow
kellow at ndcheg.cheg.nd.edu
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