restore deleted files

[SkyBunny]

hello, im using debian with xfce, yesterday i made a mistake and delete all my backup files (photos, docs, etc), i searched for trash folder but in there was nothing in trash folder, so i decided to recover files with photorec. This was successful, but files are stored in so many folders (rec_dir1,2,3...), and in these folders also cantains .cab, ttf, xml and and other files which were not in backup folder..i searched on forums, and trash folder should be located in /home/usrname/.local/share/Trash/files, but in share folder i dont have any other folder, also looked for ~/Documents/Trash-1000, but there isnt any ~/Documents folder..As i said, i recovered deleted files, but those files were split into a lot of folders (about 300 folders) and manual sorting these files would take so long..

[Technomancer__]

4 minutes ago, SkyBunny said:

hello, im using debian with xfce, yesterday i made a mistake and delete all my backup files (photos, docs, etc), i searched for trash folder but in there was nothing in trash folder, so i decided to recover files with photorec. This was successful, but files are stored in so many folders (rec_dir1,2,3...), and in these folders also cantains .cab, ttf, xml and and other files which were not in backup folder..i searched on forums, and trash folder should be located in /home/usrname/.local/share/Trash/files, but in share folder i dont have any other folder, also looked for ~/Documents/Trash-1000, but there isnt any ~/Documents folder..As i said, i recovered deleted files, but those files were split into a lot of folders (about 300 folders) and manual sorting these files would take so long..

you have no other choice...

btw cant you just back your system again

[Technomancer__]

btw change title to restore deleted files sorting or something like that

[SkyBunny]

um, restore in linux? 

[MrJoosh]

20 minutes ago, SkyBunny said:

hello, im using debian with xfce, yesterday i made a mistake and delete all my backup files (photos, docs, etc), i searched for trash folder but in there was nothing in trash folder, so i decided to recover files with photorec. This was successful, but files are stored in so many folders (rec_dir1,2,3...), and in these folders also cantains .cab, ttf, xml and and other files which were not in backup folder..i searched on forums, and trash folder should be located in /home/usrname/.local/share/Trash/files, but in share folder i dont have any other folder, also looked for ~/Documents/Trash-1000, but there isnt any ~/Documents folder..As i said, i recovered deleted files, but those files were split into a lot of folders (about 300 folders) and manual sorting these files would take so long..

Could you not just write a simple shell script to recursively trawl through the new folder structure and copy/move all the files to a different directory that matches your requirements?

 

That's what i'd do...

[SkyBunny]

i think that i cannot, becase e.g. in folder 1 i have next three folders, in that folders i have files and next folder....and recovered files dont have original names  (they has names like 0135135.png,)

[MrJoosh]

Just now, SkyBunny said:

i think that i cannot, becase e.g. in folder 1 i have next three folders, in that folders i have files and next folder....and recovered files dont have original names  (they has names like 0135135.png,)

Based on this, it would still be possible, but you wouldn't be able to restore file names - just have all of the files in a single top level directory for you to sort through yourself. Not ideal, but better than an overly complicated directory structure IMO

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

You might find the 'find' command useful to produce a list of valid recovered image files, from there you have to rename and put into folders manually.

http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/find.1.html

 

The file-system table which is where folder/directory structure is stored. delete a file and all you are doing is removing its entry from the table. This is why various programs are able to recover file data but not details like names and folder structure. You have to do this manually.

 

p.s. I prefer Backintime to any other backup program, it records snapshots and handles storage/deletion.

[SkyBunny]

umm, okay, thanks everyone..