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This manual is for GNU ddrescue (version 1.23, 13 February 2018).
| • Introduction | Purpose and features of GNU ddrescue | |
| • Basic concepts | Blocks, clusters, devices, files, sectors, etc | |
| • Important advice | Read this or risk losing your data | |
| • Algorithm | How ddrescue recovers the data | |
| • Output | Meaning of ddrescue’s screen output | |
| • Invoking ddrescue | Command line interface | |
| • Mapfile structure | Detailed format of the mapfile | |
| • Emergency save | Saving the mapfile in case of trouble | |
| • Optical media | Copying CD-ROMs and DVDs | |
| • Examples | A small tutorial with examples | |
| • Direct disc access | Bypassing the kernel cache | |
| • Fill mode | Selectively overwriting the output file | |
| • Generate mode | Generating an approximate mapfile | |
| • Ddrescuelog | Tool for ddrescue mapfiles | |
| • Invoking ddrescuelog | Command line interface | |
| • Problems | Reporting bugs | |
| • Concept index | Index of concepts |
Copyright © 2004-2018 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
This manual is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
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