In order to recover your file(s) in a Windows Based System:
Start --> My Computer --> AFS Unix Drive (U:)
Enter the AFS Unix Drive (U:) --> Search for the BACKUP directory
Enter the BACKUP directory, which is a copy of your AFS Unix Drive (U:), search for the deleted file(s) in the directory.
Once found copy (ctrl + c) and paste (ctrl + v) the deleted file back into the AFS Unix Drive (U:) or where the file was originally deleted.
In order to recover file(s) from your Desktop or My Documents enter the pc directory --> win_data
Search for the deleted file(s) in the Desktop or Documents directory. Once found copy (ctrl + c) and paste (ctrl + v) the file to where the file was originally deleted.
In order to recover your file(s) in a Unix/Linux Based System:
Note: To access your home directory under Unix, type 'cd' in the Terminal window, and for Linux, type 'cd ..' in the Terminal window.
Here's an example of copying a file named Thesis out of the FrameMaker subdirectory of the BACKUP directory into your working FrameMaker directory.
% cd
(This puts you in your home directory.)
% cp BACKUP/frame/Thesis frame/Thesis.restored
(This copies the file Thesis from the BACKUP/frame directory into the frame directory and renames it Thesis.restored.)
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The BACKUP directory function is an automated process
that works every night between the hours of midnight and 6am.
At the appointed time all the existing files and directories in the BACKUP directory are deleted, and all the current files and directories of your working directory are duplicated and put in
the BACKUP directory.
This BACKUP directory is only readable by you. This means that you cannot alter (insert,
delete, or move) files in the directory. Only the system can insert files into the directory
- and it does so EVERY night!
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