[ILUG] Quick Question

[Philip Trickett]

Hi,

Say you are making a tarball of 2 files and you accidentally type the
command incorrectly:

e.g 
tar zcvf /path/to/file /path/to/file2

instead of 
tar zcvf tarredfiles.tar.gz /path/to/file /path/to/file2

I noticed it as soon as it kicked off, and CTRL-C'd the command.  I am
now left with a zero length file, is it possible to retrieve the
contents of the original file (/path/to/file)?

Cheers,

Phil