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Recover an EOS deleted fileΒΆ

Connect to lxplus using cdsconv. Set the environment variable: export EOS_MGM_URL=root://eosproject-d.cern.ch

Look for the file:

$ eos recycle ls | head
# pre-configuring default route to /eos/user/c/cdsconv/
# -use $EOSHOME variable to override
# Deletion Time            UID      GID      SIZE         TYPE          RESTORE-KEY          RESTORE-PATH                                                   
# ==============================================================================================================================
Mon Nov 11 18:15:31 2019   cdsconv  us       528          file          fxid:0000000000b09317 /eos/project/.ongoing/d/doconverter/doconverter01/var/error/1571741413
Mon Nov 11 18:15:31 2019   cdsconv  us       485          file          fxid:0000000000b09318 /eos/project/.ongoing/d/doconverter/doconverter01/var/error/1571807840
Mon Nov 11 18:15:31 2019   cdsconv  us       483          file          fxid:0000000000b0ab12 /eos/project/.ongoing/d/doconverter/doconverter01/var/error/1571842842
Mon Nov 11 18:15:31 2019   cdsconv  us       457          file          fxid:0000000000b09319 /eos/project/.ongoing/d/doconverter/doconverter01/var/error/1571870247
Mon Nov 11 18:15:31 2019   cdsconv  us       539          file          fxid:0000000000b0ab13 /eos/project/.ongoing/d/doconverter/doconverter01/var/error/1571895722
Mon Nov 11 18:15:38 2019   cdsconv  us       634          file          fxid:0000000000b0931a /eos/project/.ongoing/d/doconverter/doconverter01/var/success/1571731132
Mon Nov 11 18:15:38 2019   cdsconv  us       473          file          fxid:0000000000b0931b /eos/project/.ongoing/d/doconverter/doconverter01/var/success/1571732577
Mon Nov 11 18:15:38 2019   cdsconv  us       620          file          fxid:0000000000b0931c /eos/project/.ongoing/d/doconverter/doconverter01/var/success/1571733265

Then use eos recycle restore RESTORE-KEY to recover the file or directory. The path to the artifact should exist.


Last update: October 4, 2021