[tlug] debugfs on ext3 filesystems?

[scott <scott@example.com>]

Hi everyone,

 I was studying the command debugfs and was trying to search for deleted
inodes on an ext3 filesystem, but none ever came up, even after deleting
a file, unmounting the partition, and running debugfs. Googling around a
bit I came up with a post saying essentially that ext3 journaling
filesystems make restoring files via deleted inodes impossible.

 Unfortunately I missed the tech meeting where I'm sure Marty went over
this ;-) so I thought I'd ask what you all use to recover files deleted
on ext3 filesystems? I found a couple of proprietary programs that claim
ext3 recovery, but I was hoping for something open source..

Thanks in advance for any tips,
Scott VanDusen
Tokyo