.\" readdvd is released under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.
.TH "readdvd" "1" "26 Feb 2014"
.SH "NAME"
readdvd \- is creating an image of your source dvd media or medias even if it has / they have corrupted blocks
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBreaddvd [\-l] [\-h]
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\fBreaddvd \-d DEVICE1 [\-d DEVICE2] [\-d ...] \-o\fR file.iso\fB [\-s #] [\-v] [\-vv]\fR
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
readdvd reads even a corrupted dvd and writes the the result into a new image file on your harddisk. 
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.SH "DEVICE"
can be an IDE, SCSI, SATA, USB or FireWire connected optical drive. Not all SATA controller support all Plextor features.

\fBLinux:\fR 
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.I /dev/hdX:
IDE device
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.I /dev/scdX:
Linux 2.4: SATA, SCSI, USB device, or IDE device via ide-scsi emulation
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.I /dev/srX:
Linux 2.6: IDE device via new ATA layer, SCSI or USB device
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\fBOpenBSD/NetBSD:\fR
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.I /dev/rcdX
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\fBFreeBSD:\fR
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.I /dev/cd:
SCSI device
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.I /dev/acd:
ATA device
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\fBMacOS X:\fR
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.I /dev/disk:
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\fBwin32:\fR
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.I C:,D:,E:, ... X:,Y:,Z:
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.SH "OPTIONS"

\fB\-l\fR   	scan busses for all available CD and DVD devices

\fB\-h\fR   	help shows available options.

\fB\-o file.iso\fR   
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		write data to imagefile named file.iso
 
\fB\-s \fR#		read source media with selected speed

\fB\-v\fR		use verbose mode 

\fB\-vv\fR		use extended verbose mode

.SH "INTERACTIVE MODUS"
\fBq\fR   	stop reading media and exit
 
\fBw\fR   	save sector map which is currently read and continue with the next one

.SH "EXAMPLES"
\fBreaddvd \-d /dev/sr0 \-o filename.iso \-s 8 \-v\fR
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	create an image filename.bin of inserted media in device /dev/sr0 with read speed 8 in verbose mode.
\fR \fB
\fR \fB
\fR \fB
\fRplease report man page improvements to T.Maguin@web.de\fB