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From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: /tmp question
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Super Daemon wrote:
> I think I may have a lost a file.  I placed it in /tmp and rebooted
> the server. Now it is no longer there. Is the file recoverable at
> all???

The simple answer is no.

But if you're willing to spend anywhere from $500 to perhaps $2000 for 
professional forensic drive analysis, a specialist company might be able to 
recover the lost data.

-- 
-Chuck