Hello Damien, damien dunlop wrote:
If a disk rather than a file is to be used with the following syntax, a warning is issued:
The --force option is just a safeguard to prevent the inadvertent overwriting of partitions or whole disks, and is ignored for regular files.
Is the syntax correct?
Yes. just add the --force option and make sure that you use the right mapfile (aka logfile):
$ sudo ddrescue --force --fill-mode=l- tmpfile /dev/sdc logfile Regards, Antonio. _______________________________________________ Bug-ddrescue mailing list Bug-ddrescue@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue
