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 This is a page on various tools and techniques related to *nix administration, programming, disaster recovery - basically, odds and ends that come in handy once every so often.
 Anything based on a link is reiterated just for completeness, and just in case a link dies.
+== File recovery with Extundelete ==
+Extundelete lets you recover files (directories) that you've accidentally deleted on an ext file system. The best way to use the tool is to have a live CD with the tool on it, although it does not seem to come packaged with Linux by default.
+. Boot the machine off of live CD.
+. Install `extundelete`. On Ubuntu, you need to edit sources.list, since it is not part of the standard repositories. [[BR]]
+. Restore the files on the partition:
+{{{
+# sudo extundelete --restore-all /dev/sda1
+}}}
+This restores everything that has been deleted in /dev/sda1, given the tool finds them. All recovered files are placed in a recovery directory that you can package and back up before rebooting the machine.
 == Redirecting the output of a live process. ==