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DDRESCUE

NAME

ddrescue − manual page for ddrescue version 1.2

SYNOPSIS

ddrescue [options] infile outfile [logfile]

DESCRIPTION

GNU ddrescue - Data recovery tool. Copies data from one file or block device to another, trying hard to rescue data in case of read errors.

OPTIONS

−h, −−help

display this help and exit

−V, −−version

output version information and exit

−b, −−block−size=<bytes>

hardware block size of input device [512]

−B, −−binary−prefixes

show binary multipliers in numbers [default SI]

−c, −−cluster−size=<blocks>

hardware blocks to copy at a time [128]

−C, −−complete−only

do not read new data beyond logfile limits

−e, −−max−errors=<n>

maximum number of error areas allowed

−i, −−input−position=<pos>

starting position in input file [0]

−n, −−no−split

do not try to split error areas

−o, −−output−position=<pos>

starting position in output file [ipos]

−q, −−quiet

quiet operation

−r, −−max−retries=<n>

exit after given retries (-1=infinity) [0]

−s, −−max−size=<bytes>

maximum size of data to be copied

−t, −−truncate

truncate output file

−v, −−verbose

verbose operation

Numbers may be followed by a multiplier: b = blocks, k = kB = 10^3 = 1000, Ki = KiB = 2^10 = 1024, M = 10^6, Mi = 2^20, G = 10^9, Gi = 2^30, etc...

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to bug-ddrescue AT gnu DOT org

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006 Antonio Diaz Diaz. This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. This program has absolutely no warranty.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for ddrescue is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and ddrescue programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info ddrescue

should give you access to the complete manual.

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