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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Any way to retrieve deleted files? Post 302236352 by jim mcnamara on Monday 15th of September 2008 10:41:38 AM
Old 09-15-2008
Not really in a practical sense. On some systems there are /proc filesystems, these work only to rebuild files in special cases where a process has kept the deleted file open.
I would not even pursue this way.

You need to go to backup and restore.
 

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NAME
idevicebackup2 - Create or restore backup for iDevices running iOS4+. SYNOPSIS
idevicebackup2 [OPTIONS] CMD [CMDOPTIONS] DIRECTORY DESCRIPTION
Create or restore backup from the current or specified directory. OPTIONS
-u, --uuid UUID target specific device by its 40-digit device UUID. -d, --debug enable communication debugging. -h, --help prints usage information. COMMANDS
backup create backup for the device. restore restore last backup to the device. --system restore system files, too. --reboot reboot the system when done. --copy create a copy of backup folder before restoring. --settings restore device settings from the backup. info show details about last completed backup of device. list list files of last completed backup in CSV format. unback unpack a completed backup in DIRECTORY/_unback_/. AUTHORS
Martin Szulecki Nikias Bassen SEE ALSO
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