From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:28:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda1.sgi.com [192.48.168.28]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id m39ASZlX016559 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2008 03:28:36 -0700 Received: from lucidpixels.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id 2CB21107B126 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2008 03:29:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lucidpixels.com (lucidpixels.com [75.144.35.66]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id kNUgH1Cancpb2D1Y for ; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:29:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 06:28:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Justin Piszcz Subject: Re: Lost+found In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <1207632033.11530.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: Barry Naujok Cc: Jeffrey Sandel , xfs@oss.sgi.com On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Barry Naujok wrote: > On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:20:33 +1000, Jeffrey Sandel > wrote: > >> Recently I ran xfs_repair due to a firmware upgrade on an unmounted >> disk. The repair recovered the data but moved it to the lost+found >> directory. >> >> How do I recover file names and ownership? > > The only real options you have AFAIK is the file command to try and identify > what type of file it is and just manually inspecting the files. > > Then, you might be able to derive its filename and where it came from. > > Regards, > Barry. > Is there any chance this process could ever be improved so that the files are restored back to their original locations or there is something that keeps track of where they were located? Justin.