From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 22 20:24:23 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86C8737B401 for ; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 20:24:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.au.darkbluesea.com (mail.au.darkbluesea.com [203.185.208.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBB2A43F5B for ; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 20:24:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from d.anker@au.darkbluesea.com) Received: (qmail 61167 invoked by uid 82); 23 Jan 2003 04:19:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.0.0.188?) (10.0.0.188) by mail.au.darkbluesea.com with SMTP; 23 Jan 2003 04:19:41 -0000 Subject: Re: recover overwritten file From: Duncan Anker To: george donnelly Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Dark Blue Sea Message-Id: <1043295876.6598.207.camel@duncan.au.darkbluesea.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 23 Jan 2003 14:24:37 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 14:16, george donnelly wrote: > hi > > i just overwrote a critical file, can anyone andvise me on how to recover > it? > > thankyou > Restore it from backup. If you don't have a backup, then you just learnt a very important lesson. I don't believe there is any way to recover an overwritten file. -- The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way. Dark Blue Sea does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Dark Blue Sea. Dark Blue Sea does not warrant that any attachments are free from viruses or other defects. You assume all liability for any loss, damage or other consequences which may arise from opening or using the attachments. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message