[H-GEN] Linux Undelete

[Robert Brockway]

On Wed, 20 May 1998, Frank Brand wrote:

> My information is that, although some groups are working on this, there
> is not an undelete facility for Linux. The approach I have seen is to

The ext2 FS has had provision for undelete from the start, and I believe
Remy Card,the ext2 designer/developer has done some work on it.  Imagine
the ext2 FS having big spaces init marked "This realestate for future
undelete facility" :)

> initially delete to a trash directory then delete from there.

Yep, packages are available which will make this pretty seamless.

> If the query was as a general enquiry...the answer is no. However, if in
> desparation, there are some long winded techniques which might, repeat
> might allow you to recover a deleted file. From memory there is a FAQ or
> How-To somewhere about it.

Yep, also see the recent debugfs comments in another thread,as that can be
your last line of defence in file recovery :)
Cheers,
	-Robert

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