undelete

Function

The undelete command restores a file that has been temporally deleted from or moved to the recycle bin.

Format

undelete { filename | devicename }

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Value
filename	Specifies the name of a file to be restored.	The value is a string of 1 to 160 case-insensitive characters without spaces in the format [ drive ] [ path ] filename. If the string is enclosed in double quotation marks (" "), the string can contain spaces. If the value is a file name, the value is a string of 1 to 64 characters. In the preceding parameter, drive specifies the storage device name, and path specifies the directory and subdirectory. You are advised to add : and / between the storage device name and directory. The directory name cannot contain the following characters: ~ * / \ : ' "
devicename	Specifies the storage device name.	-

Parameter

Description

Value

filename

Specifies the name of a file to be restored.

The value is a string of 1 to 160 case-insensitive characters without spaces in the format [ drive ] [ path ] filename. If the string is enclosed in double quotation marks (" "), the string can contain spaces. If the value is a file name, the value is a string of 1 to 64 characters.

In the preceding parameter, drive specifies the storage device name, and path specifies the directory and subdirectory.

You are advised to add : and / between the storage device name and directory. The directory name cannot contain the following characters: ~ * / \ : ' "

devicename

Specifies the storage device name.

Views

User view

Default Level

3: Management level

Usage Guidelines

Usage Scenario

You can run the undelete command to restore a file that has been temporally deleted and moved to the recycle bin. However, files that are permanently deleted by running the delete or reset recycle-bin command with the /unreserved parameter cannot be restored.

The following describes the drive name.

drive is the storage device and is named as flash:.
If devices are stacked, drive can be named as:
- flash: root directory of the flash memory of the master switch in the stack.
- chassis ID#flash: root directory of the flash memory on a device in the stack.
For example, slot2#flash: indicates the flash memory in slot 2.

The path can be an absolute path or relative path. A relative path can be designated relative to either the root directory or the current working directory. A relative path beginning with a slash (/) is a path relative to the root directory.

flash:/my/test/ is an absolute path.
/selftest/ is a path relative to the root directory and indicates the selftest directory in the root directory.
selftest/ is a path relative to the current working directory and indicates the selftest directory in the current working directory.

Like devicename, drive specifies the storage device name.

Precautions

To display information about a temporally deleted file, run the dir /all command. The file name is displayed in square brackets ([ ]).
If the name of a file is the same as an existing directory, the file cannot be restored. If the destination file has the same name as an existing file, the system prompts you whether to overwrite the existing file. The system prompt is displayed only when file prompt is set to alert.

Example

# Restore file sample.bak from the recycle bin.

<HUAWEI> undelete sample.bak
Undelete flash:/sample.bak ?[Y/N]:y
%Undeleted file flash:/sample.bak.

# Restore a file that has been moved from the root directory to the recycle bin.

<HUAWEI> undelete flash:
Undelete flash:/test.txt?[Y/N]:y
%Undeleted file flash:/test.txt.
Undelete flash:/rr.bak?[Y/N]:y
%Undeleted file flash:/rr.bak.