[KLUG Members] help for longtime (but novice) user who finally managed to misuse rm...?

[Steve Petersen]

Thanks for the help Bruce!

Bruce Smith wrote:
>>I just typed '\rm -rf *' on my home directory, thinking I was in a
>>different directory, and it was a few seconds before I noticed my
>>mistake and hit ^C.
> 
> 
> What direct were you in?  The root directory (/), or elsewhere?

My home (user) directory--and logged in as a regular user.  So the good 
news is, the system shouldn't be disturbed.  The bad news is, the 
deleted files are of actual importance to me personally!

> I don't know about logdump, but maybe it's a jfs only command?
> You need to run the ext2/3 commands on an ext3 partition.

Yes, I think it's part of a JFS package.  I did run it on an ext3 
partition, but /while/ that partition was mounted and being used.  (I 
only have one linux partition besides /boot.)  Should I reboot to a 
rescuecd, with the linux partition unmounted, and run logdump off that? 
  Where do I put the output file then?  I'm nervous to reboot in case I 
destroy "evidence", but maybe I should.

Thanks again,
Steve