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lostamd5found
lostamd5found (pronounced "lost and md5-found") uses the md5sum
database of rpm or dpkg to find the original location of files
which have lost their names and ended up in /lost+found. Of
course, this only works for unmodified files which are part of
the original packages of your system.
fsck for most Linux filesystems will place recovered files in a
"lost+found" directory, including ext2, ext3 and reiserfs. If
you have suffered a Linux disk disaster of one sort or another,
you may have recovered a fair amount of data with fsck. If you
can send the system files back to where they belong, using
lostamd5found, you may be able to get your system running, and
perhaps find your real data among the system files.
Perhaps the most significant feat of this software is that it
demonstrates that there is a useful application for the
join command.
About
Audience: Linux users with less than stable hardware platforms
System requirements: bash, gnu textutils
Language: bash
Source license: GPL
Download and documentation
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