From: Bernd Schubert Subject: Re: Restoring filenames from partly damaged ext4-filesystem Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:20:09 +0100 Message-ID: <4F359819.6040701@fastmail.fm> References: <1328804993.34330.YahooMailNeo@web132403.mail.ird.yahoo.com> <1328822543.65833.YahooMailNeo@web132404.mail.ird.yahoo.com> <4F351E7A.2070005@fastmail.fm> <1328893673.79058.YahooMailNeo@web132401.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org" , "debian-user@lists.debian.org" To: Rudolf Zran Return-path: Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]:33620 "EHLO out5-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753226Ab2BJWUK (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:20:10 -0500 Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.44]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DAA4210FB for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:20:10 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <1328893673.79058.YahooMailNeo@web132401.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 02/10/2012 06:07 PM, Rudolf Zran wrote: > Hello Bernd! > > >> I have written some tools in the past to recover the file structure of >> an over-formated ext3/ext4 device based on directory blocks. >> With some tweaks it should be able to assign the file#inode_numbers in >> lost+found to a directory structure. >> Problem is that I'm rather busy with too many other projects already. Do >> you know C and could you add some code on your own for the lost+found >> assignment? I can assist you, but it is unlikely that I find much time >> do it myself... > > I'm not that fluent in C, but I could just give it a try. Since it's my > own data and this recovery for personal "fun" I can't do something bad > with it :) So, if you could share the code I'd be happy! I'm going upload the existing code on Sunday. Going to travel tomorrow and I need to go to bed now. Sorry for the day! Cheers, Bernd