Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!pacbell.com!decwrl!uunet!ssbell!dsndata!wayne From: wayne@dsndata.uucp (Wayne Schlitt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: undeleting files.... Message-ID: Date: 24 Jul 90 22:24:13 GMT References: <23848@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Sender: wayne@dsndata.UUCP Distribution: usa Organization: Design Data Lines: 31 In-reply-to: barbour@alta.Colorado.EDU's message of 24 Jul 90 03:22:33 GMT In article <23848@boulder.Colorado.EDU> barbour@alta.Colorado.EDU (Jim Barbour) writes: > > One of the users on our 300 workstation blew away a "very important file" which > did not make it onto our backup tapes. > > Are there any unrm or block recover programs for HP-UX 6.5 or some other means > to recover files marked as deleted, but whose data is still on the disk. > > Thanks a lot, > > Jim Barbour the short answer is: no. you delete the file, you loose the file. forever. the long answer is: yes, in theory you can recover it. you would have had to taken the system down immediately after you lost the file and you would have had to mess around with fsdb and try to link the correct inode back into the directory tree. i believe the unlinked files are put at the front of the list of free disc blocks, if you create or extend a file, you are almost guaranteed to loose part of the file that you wanted. sorry. -wayne