[Bug-ddrescue] GNU ddrescue 1.27-pre1 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

GNU ddrescue 1.27-pre1 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.27-pre1.tar.lz

The sha256sum is:
7aca56c0e9e093835bfa5789f36ed7953d24de4bcf92d2ea960deec9a5f683c2 
ddrescue-1.27-pre1.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 to rescue the good parts 
first in case of read errors.

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

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


Changes in this version:

  * The new option '-W, --compare-before-write' has been added. It omits 
superfluous writes in rescue mode.
(Suggested by Kajetan Harald Hinner and Petr Slansky).


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.

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