[Bug-ddrescue] GNU ddrescue 1.19-pre4 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

GNU ddrescue 1.19-pre4 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.19-pre4.tar.lz

The sha1sum is:
be50c627933a749baee797e7b5e331c105c1f955  ddrescue-1.19-pre4.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 new option "-X, --exit-on-error", which makes ddrescue exit 
after the first read error is encountered during the copying phase, has 
been added. This is similar but different to "--timeout=0", and also 
similar but different to "--max-errors=+0".

  * The new option "--cpass", which selects what passes to run during 
the copying phase, has been added.

  * The new option "--unidirectional", which runs all passes in the 
same direction (forwards or backwards), has been added.

  * Ddrescue now skips on the first error during the copying phase.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.