Re: [Bug-ddrescue] Feature request - ddrescue

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Josh Lange wrote:
> The next logical step after recovering data is to attempt to wipe the
> drive,

Sorry, but I can't see the logic here. Certainly ddrescue can be 
modified to do what you want, even if modifying it is not as simple as 
you seem to imply, but I can't see why this is "the next logical step".

Ddrescue is designed to ignore read errors, but it quits as soon as it 
finds a write error. What you want is exactly the opposite of this.

Moreover, I think there exist some disk wipping programs. Perhaps 
someone could tell me if none of them is able to wipe a drive with I/O 
errors. In this case, perhaps it would be worth to modify ddrescue.


Thanks for your suggestion,
Antonio Diaz.