

Use a shell command like $ date - d "Aug 1 9:02" + % s to convert a human - readable date to the proper format. before date Only restore files deleted before the date specified, which should be in the form of the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch. B block_size Specifies the block size of the partition to be used when opening the file system. b block_number Specifies the block number of the backup superblock to be used when opening the file system. j journal_dev Specifies the device that is the external journal of the file system. restore - directory path / of / directory Restores all files possible to link to specified directory to their names before deletion, when possible. Other files are restored to a filename like "file.NNNN". restore - all Restores all files possible to undelete to their names before deletion, when possible. This form also reduces redundancy from multiple calls parsing the journal multiple times.

Then, this option may be used to attempt to restore those files with a single call to extundelete. First, construct a list of files in the same style as would be used in the - restore - file option, and save it to the file "filename". restore - files filename Restores a list of files. Also accepts a list of inodes separated by only commas, such as "-restore-inode 2569,5692,6925". restore - inode # Used to restore inodes by number, called as "-restore-inode 2569". restore - file path / to / deleted / file Attempts to restore the file which was deleted at the given filename, called as "-restore-file dirname/filename". block # Prints the contents of the block, called as "-block 9652".

inode # Prints the information from the inode number of the filesystem given, such as "-inode 2". journal - superblock Prints information about the journal from the journal ' s superblock. superblock Prints information about the filesystem from the superblock. Could also be the file name of a copy of the partition, such as that made with dd. Partition name Name of the partition that has deleted files, such as / dev / sda3.

help Print a brief usage summary for extundelete. OPTIONS - version Prints the version number of extundelete. There is no guarantee that any particular file will be able to be undeleted, so always try to have a good backup system in place, or at least put one in place after recovering your files! ĭESCRIPTION extundelete is a utility that can recover deleted files from an ext3 or ext4 partition extundelete uses the information stored in the partition ' s journal to attempt to recover a file that has been deleted from the partition. NAME extundelete - utility to undelete files from an ext3 or ext4 partition. EXTUNDELETE(1) General Commands Manual EXTUNDELETE(1)
