Hi,
I had a hardware failure that killed my Linux box. As a result I now have
files in my lost+found directory. Question is: How do I put these
files/dir's back where they belong?
by Matt » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00
I had a hardware failure that killed my Linux box. As a result I now have
files in my lost+found directory. Question is: How do I put these
files/dir's back where they belong?
On Sat, 15 Apr 2000 00:11:48 GMT, Matt
Use "file" and/or "less" to figure out what the files were, and use "mv"
or "cp" to put them back... you DID have a fairly recent backup, didn't
you? If there are more than 20 or so files in /lost+found, then restoring
from backup would be the easiest and fastest way.
Since files ending up in /lost+found are ref'ed by inode number, it might
be a good idea to do an "ls -iR > inode.txt" for each filesystem, and save
that file somewhere safe Just In Case.
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