[Bug-ddrescue] GNU ddrescue 1.21-rc1 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

GNU ddrescue 1.21-rc1 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.21-rc1.tar.lz

The sha1sum is:
bdd33c95cf4bdcbf3cf2af537603250cb626c721  ddrescue-1.21-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.

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

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


Changes in this version:

  * Short option names '-1' and '-2' have been removed to avoid 
mistakes in the command line. 
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ddrescue/2016-01/msg00009.html

  * Only regular files are now allowed as arguments of options 
'--log-rates' and '--log-reads'.

  * Option '-D, --odirect' now works also in fill mode.

  * Option '-J, --verify-on-error' now exits with status 1 if a read 
error happens before a good sector is found.

  * Ddrescue now shows the percentage of the domain rescued in rescue mode.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.