2010-08-27 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.13 released. * Non-regular output files are no more overwritten by default. * Added new option "--force". * Added new option "--preallocate". * main.cc (write_logfile_header): Write command line to logfile. * ddrescue.texinfo: Added info about logfile and recoverable formats. * ddrescue.texinfo: Added a couple more warnings to the tutorial. * testsuite: "test1" renamed to "test.txt" * Revert to use "long" instead of "time_t" for time variables. Ddrescue only needs counting seconds and "time_t" causes warnings on some systems. 2010-04-06 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.12 released. * main.cc: Outfile is now created with mode 0666 if umask allows it. * main.cc: New constant "o_binary". * Makefile.in: Added quotes to directory names. * Makefile.in: Added "--name" option to help2man invocation. * testsuite/check.sh: Use "test1" instead of "COPYING" for testing. * Use "time_t" instead of "long" for time variables. 2009-07-10 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.11 released. * logbook.cc (update_logfile): Ask user in case of write error. * rescuebook.cc (split_errors): Modified the split threshold. * rescuebook.cc (copy_and_update): Verify after every read error that the input file does still exist. * ddrescue.cc (Rescuebook::show_status): Show the time elapsed from last successful read. * ddrescue.cc (set_signals): Ignore SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2. * ddrescue.texinfo: Improved description of "-d", "-D" and "-S". * ddrescue.texinfo: Improved description of algorithm. * testsuite/check.sh: Verify that files are open in binary mode. * Added logfile usage warning to "ddrescue --help" output. 2009-02-19 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.10 released. * Added new option "--try-again". * rescuebook.cc: "skip_size" has been made independent of "softbs". * "change_chunk_status" is now faster for large logfiles. * Fixed overflow when reading from devices of undefined size. * Block does no more admit negative sizes. * "make install-info" should now work on Debian and OS X. * New file testsuite/check.sh. 2008-11-17 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.9 released. * Added new option "--domain-logfile". * Verbosity control of messages has been simplified. * Changed LONG_LONG_MAX to LLONG_MAX. 2008-02-24 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.8 released. * Added new option "--generate-logfile". * Added new option "--synchronous". * Fill mode now works when outfile offset differs from 0. * Updated "Fill Mode" chapter of the manual. 2008-01-04 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.7 released. * Skips faster over damaged areas (small read, big jump). * Logfile is maintaned minimized at all times. * Rescuebook::errors now counts the error areas found. * Target "check" added to Makefile. * rescuebook.cc (split_errors): Added new variable "error_counter". * Added new option "--retrim". 2007-11-16 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.6 released. * Code reorganization. New classes Fillbook and Rescuebook. * logbook.cc (copy_non_tried): Added new variable "skip_counter". * Added new pass that trims error areas backward before splitting. * Added support for sparse output files. * Blocks longer than hardbs are now split at sector boundaries. * Added new option "--fill". * Added new chapter "Fill Mode" to the manual. * Added status line to logfile. * An interrupted retry pass is now resumed instead of reinitiated. * Perfect resumability if interrupted during trimming or splitting. * ddrescue.cc (set_signals): Handle also SIGHUP and SIGTERM. * "--quiet" option also quiets error messages. * Print a more informative error message when reading an old logfile. * Added note to ddrescue.texinfo about old logfiles. * Added some consistency checks. 2007-06-29 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.5 released. * License updated to GPL version 3 or later. 2007-06-18 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.4 released. * Added new option "--direct". * Fixed a bug showing bad initial error size. * Fixed error counting. * Small changes to documentation. 2006-12-13 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.3 released. * Some fixes made to "configure" script. * Added "sddrescue" target to Makefile.in. 2006-04-03 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.2 released. * Added new option "--complete-only". * Added new argument parser that replaces "getopt_long". * Logfile save interval is now dependent on logfile size. * Small changes to documentation. 2005-10-10 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.1 released. * "iobuf" is aligned to the sector size for use with raw devices. * Added a small tutorial to the info file. * Added two missing headers. 2005-06-07 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.0 released. * A new logfile format makes multi-part rescue possible. * Logfile is saved every 30 seconds. * Logfile is now also saved in case of write error on outfile. * Fixed a race condition that could result in data not written to outfile but annotated in logfile if computer crashes at the wrong moment. 2005-01-04 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 0.9 released. * ddrescue is now part of the GNU project. * Added configure script and info file. * Two small bugs corrected. * Added new option "--binary-prefixes" to show binary multipliers in numbers (SI prefixes are used by default). * Numbers are accepted with decimal (SI) or binary multipliers. * "badblocks file" renamed to "logfile". * Logfile is now also saved if max_errors are exceeded. 2004-12-14 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 0.8 released. * Added new option "--no-split" to disable splitting of damaged areas. 2004-10-30 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 0.7 released. * ddrescue now can be interrupted at any time, and resume rescue at the same point later. 2004-09-28 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 0.6 released. * Skips faster over damaged areas (tries 1 block first). * Error messages have been improved. 2004-09-15 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 0.5 released. * Badblocks file is now also saved if ddrescue is interrupted while splitting damaged areas. * Added man page. 2004-09-03 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 0.4 released. * The project name has been changed to "ddrescue" to meet command name standards. * Added long option names. 2004-08-18 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 0.3 released. * Added badblocks file, making the rescue much more efficient. 2004-08-14 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 0.2 released. * Fixed bug that sometimes ignored the last sectors of a damaged area. * The algorithm is now faster in presence of errors. 2004-08-12 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 0.1 released. Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Antonio Diaz Diaz. This file is a collection of facts, and thus it is not copyrightable, but just in case, I give you unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
