deleted directory

[Chris Mohler]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Osman Kemal Kadiroğlu
<okkadiroglu at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just deleted a large directory while using Dolphine file manager (Kubuntu
> 8.04 KDE4)  and then emptied the waste basket. How can I get the directory
> back?

First you ought to shut down your PC or at least unmount the partition
if you can - the longer you leave it mounted, the greater the chance
of your files being overwritten.

Many years ago I was able to use Midnight Commander to undelete files.

I would probably boot from a live CD, install MC (apt-get install mc),
then read man mc very carefully and google around to 'mc undelete' or
'midnight commander undelete'.  I don't know how up-to-date MC is
though - like I said it's been years ago.  (And lead me to backing up
religiously, so as not to ever have to do it again :)

Chris