From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda3.sgi.com [192.48.176.15]) by oss.sgi.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id p148XLrR002509 for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2011 02:33:22 -0600 Received: from ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id 85E931BC9D22 for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2011 00:35:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net (ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net [150.101.137.145]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id 7717dAvTDACp0DtZ for ; Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:35:50 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 19:35:47 +1100 From: Dave Chinner Subject: Re: xfs undelete issue Message-ID: <20110204083547.GX11040@dastard> References: <201102040530.36244.serhan.danis@yahoo.com.tr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201102040530.36244.serhan.danis@yahoo.com.tr> List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: Serhan Danis Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com, aelder@sgi.com On Fri, Feb 04, 2011 at 05:30:36AM +0200, Serhan Danis wrote: > > Hello, > > I want to get some advice from you about some lost files. A user has > indeliberatly deleted some common files managed by a samba server on an xfs > filesystem. I want to undelete these files if possible. I have used the > testdisk and its file management tool before, but this time the problem is > that the partition has 443 G of data used. It would be extremely hard to pick > the lost files from a vast bunch of data. > > What would you recommend for this issue ? Thank you. Restore from backups. Also, Asking on the XFS list would be a good start - this is a FAQ. CC'd the XFS list so people can tell you their tails of recovery. Finally: http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ#Q:_Does_the_filesystem_have_an_undelete_capability.3F Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs