linux-ext4 - undelete still opened file

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Message-Id: <20081017120852.1f04dc36.taeuber@bbaw.de>
Date:	Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:08:52 +0200
From:	Lars Täuber <taeuber@...w.de>
To:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: undelete still opened file

Hi there!

If this should be the wrong mailing list please excuse me but I didn't find any better suiting.
I just subscribed after unsuccessfully searching on the net for an answer to my question.

Is it possible to undelete an accidentally deleted file that is still opened by a process?
As far as I know the file is not really deleted as long there is a file descriptor connected to the file.
I thought about something in connection with /proc/####/fd/# .
Is there any chance to get the file back to normal?

- Linux 2.6.[12]x
- ext3 or nfs (should be independent of fs, wouldn't it?)

Thanks and best regards.
Lars

PS: Sorry for my english.
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