Questions tagged [undelete]
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Create a hardlink to an open inode
I deleted an ext3 file by accident. But I had a (fresh) backup copy so I put it back.
Unfortunately the file was opened at the time of deletion, so now it exists in 2 copies: the visible copy and the invisible copy. The invisible copy is still…

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"Resource out of synch with the filesystem" - but can I still get it somehow?
I've mistakenly overwritten a file I was working on in Eclipse. Now I'm getting a message saying
Resource out of synch with the filesystem
and suggesting I refresh with F5. Can I, instead of refreshing, get that "resource"? It would mean…

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"Git Clean -fdx" recovery... possible?
I probably did a huge mistake.
relevant system info:
Windows XP SP2
i686 Cygwin 1.7.6 git
1.7.1
I was trying to create an empty branch on a newly created git repository, here are the commands I just issued:
git init
git symbolic-ref HEAD…

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Plastic Command Line: How do I "Undelete" all files?
I'm trying to undelete all .wav files in a work space. I've got code to filter all the wave files that were deleted by using:
cm hist --format={1}
to get all the changesets affecting my sound folders and then filtering through log…

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undelete file from svn?
This is the order of events:
had a file I wanted to add to svn repo for committing.
typed "svn add filename.py", and it confirmed that it added it.
before committing, typed "svn ls" to see the tracked files.
filename.py is not listed there.
out of…

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How to restore an accidentally overwritten source file using the object file
By mistake, I erased contents of my Fortran source file with a command involving ">":
some command > file.f
I do not use version control or anything. However, there is an object file present, file.o, if that may be of any help.
Is there a chance to…
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Undelete git repo in Kallithea
I want to undelete a git repo which was deleted in Kallithea.
Kallithea does not delete the git repo, it renames them to this:
rm__20140912_181018_206281__myrepo...
Just renaming to myrepo... did not help.
How can I enable this repo again?

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Can I undelete/access legacy S3 key that was created before bucket switched to versioning?
I have an S3 bucket that has a bunch of legacy files. I just switched on versioning and am trying to figure out what sort of deletion protection this gives me for the legacy files, compared to new files uploaded since after the switch. Here's some…

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Workaround for more REST verbs
I'm developing a game website where accounts have characters. I'm using the routes:
account/{action} //execute `action` on the current account
character/{name}/{action} //execute `action` on specific character
But I need to delete and undelete…

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Eclipse crashed and deleted all my work
Eclipse crashed and deleted all project files, including written by me and XML files from another program which were not related to Eclipse.
Is it possible to force Eclipse or JVM to use trash can, so that if it goes mad and delete everything, files…

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Generate file on USB drive that can not be deleted or copied in VB.NET
I need to generate a file on a USB drive. This file should not be deletable or copy-able and must be generated using VB.net
Basically i have a lot of usb drive, on each drive there will be a file with a specific name and i will use this file to…

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Deleted directory with files still open in vim (undelete?)
Help! Instead of cp -Rf dir dir.bak to backup my active project, I did rm -Rf dir dir.bak. It doesn't get much worse than that :(
I've run extundelete --restore-directory on my ext3 partition and it restored some of my directory.
My hope is that I…

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Undeleted partition
I had 4 partition in my laptop. C(NTFS) with 118 GB for win7 , D(NTFS) with 211 GB , E(NTFS) with 236 GB and 26 GB for ext4 partition.
Unfortunately I accidentally deleted all partition in my laptop and then created 1 partition with 230 GB. And…

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How to recover files on a server after rm -rf /* on a development server?
Unfortunately, one of our colleagues executed rm -rf /* command to one of our development servers via SSH and most of our development sites were there.
Is there any way to recover or rescue all those files? Our head still doesn't know it happened.

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Catching rm -rf (mac/linux) in script - protecting via password - not letting delete files
I am looking at building a script, which eventually needs to install some application - copying folders/files to certain places in Mac & Linux. User should not be able to delete those folders/files or the script i pass to user. Is there any way to…

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