[Bug-ddrescue] ddrescue: Can't open input file: Permission denied

[Kevin Okie]

Dear All,

I'm attempting to clone a corrutped Windows partition from bad
disk/partition sdb3 to external HD device/partition sdc1

The command I am using is:
ddrescue -v -n /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdc1 /media/(user)/recoverylogfile.txt --force
(doing '-n' at first to skip errors so i can return to them later)
(added '--force' because without it I get the message "output file
exists and is not a regular file". '--force' allows me to overwrite
what is on the target device).

Even if I shorten up the logfile part of the command to just
'logfile.txt' with no path, I get the same error. However, if I omit
the logfile part of the command, the utility runs. However, I need the
logfile to go back and try to recover parts of the drive with errors
later.

Any assistance much appreciated!

Thanks!

Kevin