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Old 05-20-2011
can I view removed/deleted files
I have a script that have deleted some files, and I need to know which files were deleted.

Is there a log file in linux that shows deleted files?

I use ubuntu.
Last edited by joeyg; 05-20-2011 at 12:24 PM.. Reason: better title
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Old 05-20-2011
Unless script has logging, quite hard.

Do you have some sort of backup to compare with ?
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Old 05-20-2011
What is your situation exactly:

1) The script has been executed, and now you need to find out what has been deleted, ?
or
2) The script deletes files, you can reproduce the action. But you need to figure out which files is deleted?

What Do you want then? Recover your files? Usually hopeless if you don't have a backup (the degree of hopelessness depends on the filesystem used).

Cheers, Loïc
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