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From: efstse@delta.eecs.nwu.edu (Serafim Efstratiadis)
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Subject: Re: Help! .dvi -> .tex ?
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Date: 1 Sep 90 04:18:52 GMT
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In article <3421@usceast.UUCP> jang@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu (Younghee Jang) writes:
>Hi,
>
>	I have the following urgent problem. I accidentally deleted a TeX
>file(my thesis) on an Apollo DN3000 machine using 'rm'. I didn't have a
>backup file, and no system backups were done either. But, I have a recent
>DVI file which was created when I ran 'latex' on my LaTeX file.
>
>	Is there any program or any way for me to get the TeX file from
>the DVI file? I also have the AUX, LOG files corresponding to the deleted
>TeX file.
>
>	I would appreciate any help. I am in a desperate situation!
>
>Thanks in advance. Y.J.		E-mail: jang@cs.scarolina.edu

I sympathize with you my friend. It happened to me once. I do not
have or know a program that does the job that you want. However,
here's what I would do: since you have the dvi file, get a print out
and go find one of those Apple machine which can recognize characters
in a printed page and create a text (ASCII) file of it (I don't remember
the name of it). That's the only way to save yourself valuable time which
otherwise you would have spent by typing the text. I don't know
how the equations will come out but, heck, you lose nothing by trying.
Then, transfer the file to the Apollo and add the LaTeX commands.
Good Luck!

Serafim.
Northwestern Univ.