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title: "Link to a deleted inode"
linkTitle: "Link to a deleted inode"
date: 2018-03-05
description: >
  Link to a deleted inode
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Get the inode number from `lsof`, then run `debugfs -w /dev/mapper/vg-home -R 'link <16008> /some/path'` where 16008 is the inode number (the < > are important, they tell debugfs you manipulate an inode). The path is relative to the root of the block device you are restoring onto.
Long overdue first commit with content 2020-04-28 17:29:52 +02:00			`---`
			`title: "Link to a deleted inode"`
			`linkTitle: "Link to a deleted inode"`
			`date: 2018-03-05`
			`description: >`
			`Link to a deleted inode`
			`---`

Added some precisions to an old article 2020-11-29 14:56:47 +01:00			Get the inode number from `lsof`, then run `debugfs -w /dev/mapper/vg-home -R 'link <16008> /some/path'` where 16008 is the inode number (the < > are important, they tell debugfs you manipulate an inode). The path is relative to the root of the block device you are restoring onto.
Long overdue first commit with content 2020-04-28 17:29:52 +02:00