e2recover(1) - Linux man page

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Description

e2recover attempts to recover deleted files from an ext2 file system, using the output (in lsdel-files) from the 'lsdel' command in debugfs(1). Standard input is read if no file names are given, or on a file name of '-'. Recovered files are written to the appropriate temporary directory, with names like e2rec.pid.dev.inum. It uses the environment variables $FSGRAB and $DEBUGFS to find those programs, or looks in $PATH if they are unset.

More information on e2recover (including a description of how it works its magic, and the situations in which it fails) are available on the author's website.

Options

-d, --device=device

Read data from device instead of the default /dev/hda1.

-b, --block-size=blocksize

Use a block size of blocksize instead of the default 1024 bytes. blocksize may have an optional multiplier suffix: w for ×2, b for ×512, k for ×1024, m for ×1Meg.

-t, --tmpdir, --tempdir=tmpdir

Write recovered files to tmpdir instead of the default ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}.

-g, --guess-indirects

Try to recover files with zeroed indirect blocks by assuming that there was no fragmentation in the file. Unless the files were deleted under a Linux 2.1.x or 2.2.x kernel, you will normally want to specify this option, though how useful it is will depend on a wide variety of environmental factors.

--help

Write a usage message to standard output and exit successfully.

--version

Write version information to standard output and exit successfully.

See Also

fsgrab(1).

debugfs(1).

http://web.mit.edu/tytso/www/linux/e2fsprogs.html is the home site for the suite of programs which provides debugfs.

The Ext2fs-Undeletion mini-HOWTO

http://pobox.com/~aaronc/tech/e2-undel/, as well as all Linux Documentation Project mirrors.

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Copyright

This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with fsgrab; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.