Re: [Bug-ddrescue] Feature request: recursive rescue of directory/files

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Hello,

Andrey Gursky wrote:
> this time I cannot do a full copy of a HDD, but I like to rescue a
> particular directory recursively. How are the chances ddrescue could do
> this?

I guess you can create the target directory structure using 'find'. Then 
you can copy every file with ddrescue using 'find' to find the files. 
But if the drive has errors, maybe 'find' fails to run.


> In meantime maybe you're aware of a well tested script, which creates a
> target directory structure and also manages mapfiles for every source
> file? So that the ddrescue passes are performed not over the same file
> in first place, but over all files.

I think I don't know of any such script.


Best regards,
Antonio.