>From another list ...
There has need mention or Reiser filesystem on this list, and
assertions that it is ready for prime time.
I do not minimize the poster's pain -- I mentioned a like
situation at another university with, but with backups.
There are two classes into which folks may be divvied: Those
who have had to painfully recover from inadequate backups, and
those who will ...
-- Russ
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 08:52:10 -0500
From: pkube@umich.edu
Reply-To: mdlug@collie.net
To: Multiple recipients of list MDLUG <mdlug@collie.net>
Subject: [MDLUG] Looking for a great file manager/viewer
I'm trying to recover from the aftermath of a 60GB reiser filesystem crash.
Virtually no files were cleanly recovered with fsck (even with the help of
the reiser folks), so the vast majority have been deposited in
"lost+found." (Ironically, this crash occurred *during* my system backup! Doh!)
I'm now faced with the task of sifting through them. The good news is that
I only need to recover a couple hundred that weren't previously backed up.
The bad news is that there are thousands in "lost+found". (!) Enter my plea
for help...
I remember fondly a program by Lotus called Magellan. It was like XTree
(and Midnight Commander), only more efficient. On the left side was the
tree, which could effortlessly be navigated with the arrow keys. On the
right was a large preview window which, with the help of quite a few file
filters, automagically displayed the proper output of the file. The really
neat trick was real-time, progressive searching: You could start typing a
word, and all occurrences of that phrase would be highlighted, with the
number of highlights dropping as you narrowed your possibilities. (I hear
that emacs has the same type of progressive-elimination search mode.)
Another Magellan, I imaging, would be the ideal. Failing that can someone
recommend the next best curses-type browser-viewer? Or maybe a *nix guru
might have a find-grep-etc type solution?
BTW, this was my home network server, not a business server, so most of the
stuff wasn't mission critical. I've resolved that this process may take a
while, and am setting up a spare partition to house the wreckage.
Any help will be graciously appreciated!
Thanks!
Paul
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