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Copy file / directory by inode number
Annihilannic ncheck also gives the same information - filename & inode number, even on the damaged file system. My question is how to move or copy the files once I have the inode number- tcase
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- Forum: General UNIX discussion
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Copy file / directory by inode number
sorry, UkWizard, my typo .. "sing ls" should read "using ls" ie using the ls command. I did know that the the filesystem should be unmounted before running fsck. After fsck has completed, despite all the error messages about to many bad files there is still nothing to be...- tcase
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- Forum: General UNIX discussion
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Copy file / directory by inode number
usual story - user did not backup all files!! The data is not on the root file system instead a separate /u data filesystem. Filesystem does mount, just the directory is totally empty (sing ls returns a reply of notfound). When fsck runs it clears a lot of files, but the directory (mount...- tcase
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- Forum: General UNIX discussion
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Copy file / directory by inode number
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to copy a file / directory by its inode number? I have a corrupted file system which fsck has problems fixing. I have run ncheck on the filesystem and have a list of inode numbers for most of the files on the drive. I now need a way to get at those files...- tcase
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