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Description: fix some hyphens used as minus sign and a spelling error.
Author: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org>
Last-Update: 2015-06-25
Index: safecopy-1.7/src/safecopy.1
===================================================================
--- safecopy-1.7.orig/src/safecopy.1
+++ safecopy-1.7/src/safecopy.1
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ devices (like tapes) you can try to use
controlled skip over the damaged part for you.
.PP
(For example by using "mt seek" and "mt tell" on an SCSI tape device)
-See the "-S <seekscript>" parameter for details.
+See the "\-S <seekscript>" parameter for details.
.PP
Performance and success of this tool depend extremely on the device driver,
firmware and underlying hardware.
.PP
Currently safecopy supports RAW access to CDROM drives to read data directly of
-a CD, bypassing some driver dependant error correction. This can speed up data
+a CD, bypassing some driver dependent error correction. This can speed up data
retrieval from CDs and reduce system load during recovery, as well as
increase the success rate. Safecopy uses the disc status syscall to determine
sector size and addressing of CDs. This fails on mixed-mode or multi-session
@@ -95,20 +95,20 @@ specification.txt shipped with safecopy.
Preset to rescue most of the data fast,
using no retries and avoiding bad areas.
.IP
-\fBPresets\fR: -f 10% -r 10% -R 1 -Z 0 -L 2 -M BaDbLoCk -o stage1.badblocks
+\fBPresets\fR: \-f 10% \-r 10% \-R 1 \-Z 0 \-L 2 \-M BaDbLoCk \-o stage1.badblocks
.TP
\fB\-\-stage2\fR
Preset to rescue more data, using no retries
but searching for exact ends of bad areas.
.IP
-\fBPresets\fR: -f 128* -r 1* -R 1 -Z 0 -L 2 -I stage1.badblocks -o stage2.badblocks
+\fBPresets\fR: \-f 128* \-r 1* \-R 1 \-Z 0 \-L 2 \-I stage1.badblocks \-o stage2.badblocks
.TP
\fB\-\-stage3\fR
Preset to rescue everything that can be rescued
using maximum retries, head realignment tricks
and low level access.
.IP
-\fBPresets\fR: -f 1* -r 1* -R 4 -Z 1 -L 2 -I stage2.badblocks -o stage3.badblocks
+\fBPresets\fR: \-f 1* \-r 1* \-R 4 \-Z 1 \-L 2 \-I stage2.badblocks \-o stage3.badblocks
.PP
All stage presets can be overridden by individual options.
.TP
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ badblock list.
.IP
\fBImplies\fR: \-c 0 if \-c is not specified
.IP
-\fBDefault\fR: none ( /dev/null if -c is given )
+\fBDefault\fR: none ( /dev/null if \-c is given )
.TP
\fB\-i\fR <\fIbytes\fR>
Blocksize to interpret the badblockfile given with \-I.
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ Continue copying at this position.
This allows continuing if the output is a block device
with a fixed size as opposed to a growable file,
where safecopy cannot determine how far it already got.
-The blocksize used is the same as for the -I option.
+The blocksize used is the same as for the \-I option.
.br
\-c 0 will continue at the current destination size.
.IP
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ on any later run.
.IP
\fBWarning\fR:
When used in combination with incremental mode (\-I) this may overwrite data in
-any block that occurs in the -I file. Blocks not in the \-I file, or covered
+any block that occurs in the \-I file. Blocks not in the \-I file, or covered
by the file specified with \-X are save from being overwritten.
.IP
\fBDefault\fR: none
@@ -366,49 +366,49 @@ How do I...
- resurrect data as thoroughly as possible?
.IP
.B safecopy
-source dest -f 1* -R 8 -Z 2
+source dest \-f 1* \-R 8 \-Z 2
.br
(assuming logical misalignment of blocks to sectors)
.IP
.B safecopy
-source dest -f 1* -r 1 -R 8 -Z 2
+source dest \-f 1* \-r 1 \-R 8 \-Z 2
.TP
- resurrect data as fast as possible, or
.TP
- resurrect data with low risk of damaging the media further:
-(you can use even higher values for -f and -r)
+(you can use even higher values for \-f and \-r)
.IP
.B safecopy
-source dest -f 10% -R 0 -Z 0
+source dest \-f 10% \-R 0 \-Z 0
.TP
- resurrect some data fast, then read more data thoroughly later:
.IP
.B safecopy
-source dest -f 10% -R 0 -Z 0 -o badblockfile
+source dest \-f 10% \-R 0 \-Z 0 \-o badblockfile
.br
.B safecopy
-source dest -f 1* -R 8 -Z 2 -I badblockfile
+source dest \-f 1* \-R 8 \-Z 2 \-I badblockfile
.IP
.I Alternate approach using the new preset features:
.IP
.B safecopy
-source dest --stage1
+source dest \-\-stage1
.IP
.B safecopy
-source dest --stage2
+source dest \-\-stage2
.IP
.B safecopy
-source dest --stage3
+source dest \-\-stage3
.TP
- utilize some friends CD-ROM drives to complete the data from my damaged CD:
.B safecopy
-/dev/mydrive imagefile <someoptions> -b <myblocksize> -o myblockfile
+/dev/mydrive imagefile <someoptions> \-b <myblocksize> \-o myblockfile
.br
.B safecopy
-/dev/otherdrive imagefile <someoptions> -b <otherblocksize> -I myblockfile -i <myblocksize> -o otherblockfile
+/dev/otherdrive imagefile <someoptions> \-b <otherblocksize> \-I myblockfile \-i <myblocksize> \-o otherblockfile
.br
.B safecopy
-/dev/anotherdrive imagefile <someoptions> -b <anotherblocksize> -I otherblockfile -i <otherblocksize>
+/dev/anotherdrive imagefile <someoptions> \-b <anotherblocksize> \-I otherblockfile \-i <otherblocksize>
.TP
- interrupt and later resume a data rescue operation:
.B safecopy
@@ -418,11 +418,11 @@ source dest
(safecopy aborts)
.br
.B safecopy
-source dest -I /dev/null
+source dest \-I /dev/null
.TP
- interrupt and later resume a data rescue operation with correct badblocks output:
.B safecopy
-source dest <options> -o badblockfile
+source dest <options> \-o badblockfile
.br
.B <CTRL+C>
(safecopy aborts)
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ source dest <options> -o badblockfile
badblockfile savedbadblockfile
.br
.B safecopy
-source dest -I /dev/null -o badblockfile
+source dest \-I /dev/null \-o badblockfile
.br
.B cat
badblockfile >>savedbadblockfile
@@ -442,59 +442,59 @@ badblockfile >>savedbadblockfile
.br
.B
safecopy
-source dest <options> -o badblockfile1
+source dest <options> \-o badblockfile1
.br
.B
safecopy
-source dest <options> -I badblockfile1 -o badblockfile2
+source dest <options> \-I badblockfile1 \-o badblockfile2
.br
.B <CTRL+C>
(safecopy aborts)
.br
-latest=$( tail -n 1 badblockfile2 )
+latest=$( tail \-n 1 badblockfile2 )
.br
-if [ -z $latest ]; then latest=-1; fi;
+if [ \-z $latest ]; then latest=-1; fi;
.br
cat badblockfile1 | while read block; do
.br
- [ $block -gt $latest ] && echo $block >>badblockfile2;
+ [ $block \-gt $latest ] && echo $block >>badblockfile2;
.br
done;
.br
.B
safecopy
-source dest <options> -I badblockfile2 -o badblockfile3
+source dest <options> \-I badblockfile2 \-o badblockfile3
.TP
- find the corrupted files on a partially successful rescued file system:
.B safecopy
-/dev/filesystem image -M CoRrUpTeD
+/dev/filesystem image \-M CoRrUpTeD
.br
.B fsck
image
.br
.B mount
--o loop image /mnt/mountpoint
+\-o loop image /mnt/mountpoint
.br
.B grep
--R /mnt/mountpoint "CoRrUpTeD"
+\-R /mnt/mountpoint "CoRrUpTeD"
.br
(hint: this might not find all affected files if the unreadable
parts are smaller in size than your marker string)
.TP
- exclude the previously known badblocks list of a filesystem from filesystem image creation:
.B dumpe2fs
--b /dev/filesystem >badblocklist
+\-b /dev/filesystem >badblocklist
.br
.B safecopy
-/dev/filesystem image -X badblocklist -x <blocksize of your fs>
+/dev/filesystem image \-X badblocklist \-x <blocksize of your fs>
.TP
- create an image of a device that starts at X and is Y in size:
.B safecopy
-/dev/filesystem -b <bsize> -s <X/bsize> -l <Y/bsize>
+/dev/filesystem \-b <bsize> \-s <X/bsize> \-l <Y/bsize>
.TP
- combine two partial images of rescued data without access to the actual (damaged) source data:
(This is a bit tricky. You need to get badblocks lists for both files somehow
-to make safecopy know where the missing data is. If you used the -M (mark)
+to make safecopy know where the missing data is. If you used the \-M (mark)
feature you might be able to automatically compute these, however this feature
is not provided by safecopy. Lets assume you have two badblocks files.
.IP
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ not, swap them)
image2.dat combined.dat
.br
.B safecopy
-image1.dat combined.dat -I image2.badblocks -i blocksize2 -X image1.badblocks -x blocksize1
+image1.dat combined.dat \-I image2.badblocks \-i blocksize2 \-X image1.badblocks \-x blocksize1
.br
(This gets you the combined data, but no output badblocklist.
The resulting badblocks list would be the badblocks that are
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ a random open source project.)
.TP
- rescue data of a tape device:
If the tape device driver supports lseek(), treat it as any file,
-otherwise utilize the "-S" option of safecopy with a to be
+otherwise utilize the "\-S" option of safecopy with a to be
self-written script to skip over the bad blocks.
(for example using "mt seek")
Make sure your tape device doesn't auto-rewind on close.
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ Meanwhile safecopy supports low level fe
.PP
.TP
Q:
-What exactly does the -Z option do?
+What exactly does the \-Z option do?
.TP
A:
Remember back in MS-DOS times when a floppy would make a "neek nark" sound 3
@@ -576,22 +576,23 @@ CDRW drive, that even reads deeply and p
key, to make it unreadable) flawlessly. A CDRW drive of the same age at work
doesn't read any data from that part of the CD at all, while most DVD and combo
drives have bad blocks every couple hundred bytes. Make full use of safecopys
-RAW access features if applicable. (-L 2 option)
+RAW access features if applicable. (\-L 2 option)
.IP
As a general guideline:
--CDRW drives usually do better than read-only CD drives.
.br
--CD only drives sometimes do better on CDs than DVD drives.
+\-CDRW drives usually do better than read-only CD drives.
.br
--PC drives are sometimes better than laptop ones.
+\-CD only drives sometimes do better on CDs than DVD drives.
.br
--A drive with a clean lens does better than a dirtball.
+\-PC drives are sometimes better than laptop ones.
.br
--Cleaning up CDs helps.
+\-A drive with a clean lens does better than a dirtball.
.br
--Unless you use chemicals.
+\-Cleaning up CDs helps.
.br
--Using sticky tape on a CD will rip of the reflective layer permanently
+\-Unless you use chemicals.
+.br
+\-Using sticky tape on a CD will rip of the reflective layer permanently
rendering the disk unreadable.
.PP
.TP
@@ -637,34 +638,34 @@ during operation.
.IP
When you rescue data, rescue good data first before attempting to
access bad sectors. Safecopy allows you to skip known problem sectors
-using a badblock exclude file (-X) which you might be able to retrieve
+using a badblock exclude file (\-X) which you might be able to retrieve
from system logs or from the drive internal logs, via smartmontools or
similar software. Be aware that you might possibly need to convert
physical sector numbers into logical block numbers depending on your
source.
.IP
Also you should tell safecopy to jump out of any problematic areas ASAP
-and continue somewhere else. Parameters "-f 10% -r 10% -R 0 -Z 0" would
+and continue somewhere else. Parameters "\-f 10% \-r 10% \-R 0 \-Z 0" would
do the trick by making safecopy skip 10% of the device content and
continue there without backtracking. You can always attempt to get the
data in between later, first get the supposedly good data on the rest
of the drive. Depending on the method of data recovery you plan on
-using, it may make sense to mark the bad data with the "-M" option.
+using, it may make sense to mark the bad data with the "\-M" option.
This allows you to later find files affected by data corruption more
-easily. Use the "-o" option to make safecopy write a badblock list
+easily. Use the "\-o" option to make safecopy write a badblock list
with all blocks skipped or unreadable.
.IP
When safecopy is done with this first run, you can attempt a second go
-trying to get more data. Using smaller values for "-f" and allowing
-safecopy to backtrack for the end of the affected area "-r 1*".
-Be sure to use incremental mode "-I" to only read the blocks skipped
+trying to get more data. Using smaller values for "\-f" and allowing
+safecopy to backtrack for the end of the affected area "\-r 1*".
+Be sure to use incremental mode "\-I" to only read the blocks skipped
in the first run.
.IP
It may make sense to let the drive cool down between runs.
Once you got all the data from the "good" areas of the drive you can
risk more "thorough" access to it. Increase the numbers of retries
-"-R" in case of bad blocks, maybe together with a head realignment
-"-Z 1". "-f 1*" would make safecopy try to read on every single block,
+"\-R" in case of bad blocks, maybe together with a head realignment
+"\-Z 1". "\-f 1*" would make safecopy try to read on every single block,
not skipping over bad areas at all.
.IP
If your drive stops responding, power it down, let it cool down for a
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