[Bug-ddrescue] GNU ddrescue 1.18-rc1 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

GNU ddrescue 1.18-rc1 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.18-rc1.tar.lz

The sha1sum is:
23a78d3e26b0364c3891a78ad8fa13a23797d898  ddrescue-1.18-rc1.tar.lz

Please, test it and report any bugs you find.

GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool. It copies data from one file or 
block device (hard disc, cdrom, etc) to another, trying to rescue the 
good parts first in case of read errors.

GNU Ddrescuelog is a tool that manipulates ddrescue logfiles, shows 
logfile contents, converts logfiles to/from other formats, compares 
logfiles, tests rescue status, and can delete a logfile if the rescue is 
done.

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


Changes in this version:

  * The option "-K, --skip-size" has been extended to accept a maximum 
skip size and to disable skipping (-K 0).

  * Speed has been improved when using complex domains with option '-m, 
--domain-logfile'.

  * Speed of logic operations in ddrescuelog has been improved.

  * Timestamps have been added to rescue, rates and reads logfiles.

  * A status message describing the operation being performed and the 
current direction has been added to the rescue logfile.

  * A single tab character is now used as field separator in reads 
logfile to reduce its size.

  * Small tweak in rescue algorithm: Read largest non-split block first 
if logfile is larger than "--logfile-size".


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.