if i had a backup..i wouldn't be in this situation!!!!! well.. actually i would.. i wouldn't make backups every 3-4 hours.. so i would lose the incremental changes!!!! (arrrggghh!!!) as far as the filesystem.. not sure how to tell you that... if you want to tell me how to find the information, i'd be glad to get it for you... i have rh8.0, standard install.... thanks.... -bruce -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Volker Kroll Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 7:38 AM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: recovering deleted directories/files... On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 16:01, bruce wrote: > i need to know is there a reasonable way to restore/undelete/get back the > files... or do i jump off the nearest bridge!!! hmm, the easyiest way is to restore them from your backup tape. You do have a backup, do you? > you know... now's the time when i could really use the window's norton > undelete utils!!! No, sorry, linux is a system for real men ;-) But yes, there are chances to get the stuff back, but it's not so easy. Please tell us, what kind of filesystem do you use? Regards Volker (who made yesterday a rm -rf /usr/local/apache2 on the livesystem not on his developmentsystem ....) -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list