[Bug-ddrescue] GNU ddrescue 1.18-pre2 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

GNU ddrescue 1.18-pre2 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.18-pre2.tar.lz

The sha1sum is:
d5174e2df1fe8d8b68c786b938ce826ef1ef0be5  ddrescue-1.18-pre2.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 hard to rescue 
data in case of read errors.

GNU Ddrescuelog is a tool that manipulates ddrescue logfiles, shows 
logfile contents, converts logfiles to/from other formats, compares 
logfiles, tests rescue status, and can delete a logfile if the rescue is 
done.

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


Changes in this version:

  * The format of the files produced by the options "-1, --log-rates" 
and "-2, --log-reads" has been modified to make them usable by plotting 
utilities like gnuplot.

  * Skip size is now reset (instead of reduced) after good data is 
found. This should make ddrescue regain speed faster after leaving a bad 
or slow area. If ddrescue is having difficulties skipping away from a 
large area with scattered errors, or if the device has large error areas 
at regular intervals, you can increase the initial skip size with 
"--skip-size".

  * Current total run time is now shown on the screen.


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.