[Bug-ddrescue] GNU ddrescue 1.23-pre1 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

GNU ddrescue 1.23-pre1 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.23-pre1.tar.lz

The sha1sum is:
ca57a155350712ba22792cb80d77ebdcb924d7d5  ddrescue-1.23-pre1.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:

  * The new option '--same-file' has been added. It allows infile and 
outfile to be the same file or device. This can be used to test the 
writing ability of a drive. It can also be used to copy part of a file 
to another location inside or beyond the end of the same file if 
'--input-position' and '--output-position' are different.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.

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