Re: [Bug-ddrescue] patch to fill error areas with specific data (--fill, --fill-from)

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Christian Franke wrote:
> the attached patch adds a feature I recently missed when I recovered a 
> damaged DVD with ddrescue:
>
> -f, --fill="STRING" -- Fills error areas with "STRING" instead of nulls.
>
> -F, --fill-from=FILE -- Same, but data is read from FILE.

Seems an interesting feature, but I think it can be implemented more 
efficiently and reliably as a separate pass. What do you all think about 
this?


Regards,
Antonio.