Re: Suggestion: A No-write Option, e.g. --scrub.

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Thanks.  I should have also asked: is using /dev/null a special value
> that avoids the write(2) system calls, e.g. as shown by 'strace -c'?

No. Ddrescue does not implement special values. I have not even tested if 
avoiding the write calls would speed up the operation significantly because 
I think this use case has not been suggested here before.