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

[Greg Mason]

> 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!

This is why I have AT LEAST 2 copies of everything, sometimes 3, and  
always preach the importance of backups.
>
>> 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.

have any new files been written to the drive since the other files  
were deleted?

If so, the space the files occupied may have already been partially  
overwritten.

-Greg