NAME
ddrescue - manual page for ddrescue version 1.3
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@gnu.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.