GNU ddrescue 1.29 released

I am pleased to announce the release of GNU ddrescue 1.29.

GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool. It copies data from one file or block 
device to another, trying to rescue the good parts first in case of read 
errors. Ddrescue recommends lziprecover, whose data recovery capabilities 
complement those of ddrescue.

The ddrescue package also includes ddrescuelog, an auxiliary tool that 
manipulates ddrescue mapfiles, shows mapfile contents, converts mapfiles 
to/from other formats, compares mapfiles, tests rescue status, and can 
delete a mapfile if the rescue is done.

The homepage is at http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html

The sources can be downloaded from http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ddrescue/ 
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ or from your favorite 
GNU mirror.

The sha256sum is:
01a414327853b39fba2fd0ece30f7bee2e9d8c8e8eb314318524adf5a60039a3 
ddrescue-1.29.tar.lz

This release is also GPG signed. You can download the signature by appending 
'.sig' to the URL. If the 'gpg --verify' command fails because you don't 
have the required public key, then run this command to import it:

   gpg --recv-keys 8FE99503132D7742

Key fingerprint = 1D41 C14B 272A 2219 A739  FA4F 8FE9 9503 132D 7742


Changes in version 1.29:

   * The new option '--continue-on-errno' has been added.

   * If ddrescue exits because of a fatal read error, it now prints the 
value of the variable 'errno' so that it can be used as argument to 
'--continue-on-errno'.

   * When using '--ask' and '--verbose', rescue options are now printed 
before asking user.

   * Option '--log-reads' now records the value of errno if different from 
EIO. (The four changes above suggested by Christian Franke).

   * The effect of option '-O, --reopen-on-error' has been extended to all 
phases.

   * It has been documented in the manual that '--reopen-on-error' may be 
needed when using '--continue-on-errno'.

   * A compilation error on FiwixOS 3.3 caused by an ambiguous call to 
std::abs has been fixed. (Reported by Jordi Sanfeliu).

   * The chapter 'Syntax of command-line arguments' has been added to the 
manual.

   * Two more examples of combined use with lziprecover have been added to 
the manual. (One of them uses the new Forward Error Correction (FEC) feature 
of lziprecover).

   * It has been documented in the manual that option '-b' of ddrescuelog is 
position dependent. (Reported by Winston B. E.).


Please send bug reports and suggestions to [email protected]


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.

--
If you know someone who is using gzip, bzip2, or xz, please tell him/her 
about the advantages of switching to lzip. See
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/manual/lzip_manual.html#Quality-assurance and
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip_benchmark.html Thanks