[Bug-ddrescue] Version 1.13-rc1 of GNU ddrescue released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Version 1.13-rc1 of GNU ddrescue is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.13-rc1.tar.gz
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.13-rc1.tar.lz

The md5sums are:
1c1efc232ebd07600fa87794fbfe0aa2  ddrescue-1.13-rc1.tar.gz
a66d50a913c77a905baf2f8fe36b0f9e  ddrescue-1.13-rc1.tar.lz

Please, test it and report any bugs you find.

GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool.

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

This version is also available in lzip format. If your distro doesn't
yet distribute the lzip program, you can download it from
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html


Changes in this version:

  * Non-regular output files are no more overwritten by default.

  * The option "--force", which forces overwriting of non-regular 
output files has been added.

  * The option "--preallocate", which preallocates space on disc for 
output file has been added.

  * Even more warnings have been added to the tutorial in the manual.

  * Revert to use "long" instead of "time_t" for time variables. 
Ddrescue only needs counting seconds and "time_t" causes warnings on 
some systems.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.