Hello Andrey,
Andrey Mikhalevich wrote:
It is not enough description for option "-f" on page
http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/manual/ddrescue_manual.html
You are surely right. Take into account that for ddrescue "overwriting"
means "filling in the gaps without wiping out the data already rescued",
instead of "replacing outfile entirely".
I have just released ddrescue-1.19-pre2 with the following description
of '--force' (the online manual won't be updated until the next stable
release):
'-f'
'--force'
Force overwrite of OUTFILE. Needed when OUTFILE is not a regular
file, but a device or partition. This option is just a safeguard
to prevent the inadvertent destruction of partitions, and is
ignored for regular files.
What will happen if I launch command:
ddrescue -f -n /dev/sda2 /mnt/usbrestoredisk/restorefile ddresc_log_file
Nothing special. As stated above, '-f' is ignored for regular files.
Other files in /mnt/usbrestoredisk will not be affected at all.
Will be saved wholeness for restorefile after finish of executing
ddrescue -f -n /dev/sda2 /mnt/usbrestoredisk/restorefile ddresc_log_file
for next stage with "-d" parameter ddrescue -d -f -r1 /dev/sda2 /mnt/usbrestoredisk/restorefile ddresc_log_file ?
I'm not sure I understand your question, but both commands will execute
normally as if '-f' was not present.
Regards,
Antonio.
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