Someone just rm -rf *-ed from / on a production server.

Fortunately, you have backups. Unfortunately, the server included a database with important business data that was written just before the disaster. That most recent data is not included in the last database backup.

You panic: “This is a Linux server, there’s no Trash, no Recycle Bin, no ‘undelete’…” Is there any chance of recovering all of the data?

Breathe.

Think.

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