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.TH DDRUTILITY "1" "November 2016" "ddrutility 2.8 20161123" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
ddrutility \- Tool set to aid in data recovery
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ddrutility
[\fIoptions\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
ddrutility \- Tool set to aid in data recovery
.PP
Ddrutility is a toolset designed to help aid in data recovery using GNU
ddrescue. It contains the following programs:
.PP
Ddru_findbad \- Utility for finding what files are related to bad sectors. For
more info on ddru_findbad, try 'ddru_findbad \fB\-\-help\fR'.
.PP
Ddru_ntfsbitmap \- Utility to extract the bitmap file from a NTFS partition, and
then create a domain log file to use with ddrescue that would only recover the
used portion of the partition. For more info on ddru_ntfsbitmap, try
\&'ddru_ntfsbitmap \fB\-\-help\fR'.
.PP
Ddru_ntfsfindbad \- Utility for NTFS partitions to find which files are related
to bad sectors in a ddrescue log file. You should use this for NTFS partitions
in place of the original ddru_findbad. For more info on ddru_ntfsfindbad, try
\&'ddru_ntfsfindbad \fB\-\-help\fR'.
.PP
Ddru_diskutility \- Advanced LINUX ONLY utility that can perform several
different functions on a disk, using some direct pass\-through disk commands. For
more info on ddru_diskutility, try 'ddru_diskutility \fB\-\-help\fR'.
.SS "OPTIONS:"
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Show help and exit
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Show version and exit
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to maximus57@hotmail.com
.br
Or better yet, report bugs at the project home page
.br
Ddrutility homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ddrutility/
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2016 Scott Dwyer.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B ddrutility
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B ddrutility
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info ddrutility
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.