Re: [Bug-ddrescue] Fill mode halting on write errors

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Dear Niklas,

Niklas Holm wrote:
> I do realize it's not the scope of ddrescue to wipe
> drives, but my particular use case IS mentioned in the manual as one of the
> possible usage areas for fill mode, so I think it should be properly
> supported. It's seems to me like a quite easy fix too, just add a command
> line argument to ignore write errors.

Thanks for reporting this. It is reasonable to expect ddrescue ignoring 
write errors when wiping a failing drive. I'll probably fix it as you 
suggest, with a command-line option, to be sure that other uses of fill 
mode are not affected.


Best regards,
Antonio.