for f in files: tool.save_recovered_file(f)
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The tool must perform the following steps: for f in files: tool
def save_recovered_file(self, file_info): path = os.path.join(self.output_dir, file_info['filename']) with open(path, 'wb') as f: # Write only relevant data, stripping padding if necessary f.write(file_info['data']) print(f"[+] Saved: path") file_info): path = os.path.join(self.output_dir
def _extract_vmdk(self, start_offset, is_descriptor=False): """ Attempt to read the block containing the VMDK data. """ # In VMFS, a descriptor is usually < 1 block, but we read the full block self.device.seek(start_offset) data = self.device.read(self.block_size)