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GNU ddrescue 1.20 Has Many Changes

Written by Michael Larabel in GNU on 14 September 2015 at 06:43 PM EDT. Add A Comment

Version 1.20 of ddrescue was released today as the latest version of this GNU recovery tool for trying to rescue good parts of a file or block device in case of read errors.

The GNU ddrescue 1.20 release has a number of new options, better direct disc access, read-only map files support, and a variety of other changes.

More details on GNU ddrescue 1.20 via the mailing list announcement. If you're unfamiliar with ddrescue you can learn more about the project from its GNU.org site.

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