DDRESCUELOG(1) User Commands DDRESCUELOG(1) NAME ddrescuelog - tool for ddrescue mapfiles SYNOPSIS ddrescuelog [options] mapfile DESCRIPTION GNU 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. Ddrescuelog operations can be restricted to one or several parts of the mapfile if the domain setting options are used. Use a hyphen '-' as mapfile to read the mapfile from standard input (also in the options taking a mapfile argument) or to write the mapfile created by '--create-mapfile' to standard output. NOTE: In versions of ddrescue prior to 1.20 the mapfile was called 'logfile'. The format is the same; only the name has changed. OPTIONS -h, --help display this help and exit -V, --version output version information and exit -a, --change-types=, change the block types of mapfile -A, --annotate-mapfile add comments with human-readable pos/sizes -b, --block-size= block (sector) size in bytes [default 512] -B, --binary-prefixes show binary multipliers in numbers [SI] -c, --create-mapfile[=] create mapfile from list of blocks [+-] -C, --complete-mapfile[=] complete mapfile adding blocks of type t [?] -d, --delete-if-done delete the mapfile if rescue is finished -D, --done-status return 0 if rescue is finished -f, --force overwrite existing output files -F, --format= format for -c and -l (list, bitmap-[bl]e) -i, --input-position= starting position of rescue domain [0] -l, --list-blocks= print block numbers of given types (?*/-+) -L, --loose-domain accept unordered domain mapfile with gaps -m, --domain-mapfile= restrict domain to finished blocks in -n, --invert-mapfile invert block types (finished <--> others) -o, --output-position= starting position in output file [ipos] -p, --compare-mapfile= compare block types in domain of both files -P, --compare-as-domain= like -p but compare finished blocks only -q, --quiet suppress all messages -s, --size= maximum size of rescue domain to be processed -t, --show-status show a summary of mapfile contents -v, --verbose be verbose (a 2nd -v gives more) -x, --xor-mapfile= XOR the finished blocks in file with mapfile -y, --and-mapfile= AND the finished blocks in file with mapfile -z, --or-mapfile= OR the finished blocks in file with mapfile --shift shift all block positions by (opos - ipos) Numbers may be in decimal, hexadecimal, or octal, and may be followed by a multiplier: s = sectors, k = 1000, Ki = 1024, M = 10^6, Mi = 2^20, etc... Exit status: 0 for a normal exit, 1 for environmental problems (file not found, invalid command-line options, I/O errors, etc), 2 to indicate a corrupt or invalid input file, 3 for an internal consistency error (e.g., bug) which caused ddrescuelog to panic. REPORTING BUGS Report bugs to bug-ddrescue@gnu.org Ddrescue home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html General help using GNU software: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2024 Antonio Diaz Diaz. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO The full documentation for ddrescuelog is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and ddrescuelog programs are properly installed at your site, the command info ddrescue should give you access to the complete manual. GNU ddrescuelog 1.28 January 2024 DDRESCUELOG(1)