Re: file recovery

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:32:49 -0700
Michael Sammartano <volinaz@cox.net> wrote:

>
> Victor Odhner wrote:
>
> > Hi, Michael. You say you used "cp" to overwrite an
> > index.html file. Bummer! Read ALL of this message
> > before doing anything ...
> >
> > If the command completed, then the contents of the old
> > file are basically gone, barring some very sophisticated
> > forensic tricks which are probably out of scope for this
> > discussion.
>
> The command completed :(
>
> >
> > Oh hey: had you recently browsed the old index.html
> > from another PC, that has not since then visited the
> > site? If so, QUICK!
[SNIP]

There might be another way if the file is part of an active website. Try the Wayback Machine at archive.org. Once I was able to recover a clients site that way. Of course, if it's on localhost only. . . Well, try Victor's "Hail Mary".

Dennisk
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