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How to recover lost Python source code if it's still resident in-memory

How to recover lost Python source code if it's still resident in-memory

I screwed up using git ("git checkout --" on the wrong file) and managed to delete the code I had just written... but it was still running in a process in a docker container. Here's how I got it back, using https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyrasite/ and https://pypi.python.org/pypi/uncompyle6

Attach a shell to the docker container

Install GDB (needed by pyrasite)

apt-get update && apt-get install gdb
# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Id$
EAPI=6
CMAKE_MAKEFILE_GENERATOR="ninja"
PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 )
USE_RUBY="ruby20 ruby21 ruby22 ruby23 ruby24"
inherit check-reqs cmake-utils eutils flag-o-matic python-any-r1 ruby-single toolchain-funcs versionator
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio1_mf_p
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 2
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio2_mf_p
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 3
http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/mediaset/http-icy-aac-lc-a/format/pls/vpid/bbc_radio_three.pls
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 4
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio4fm_mf_p
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 5 live