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2026-01-01  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

	* Version 1.30 released.
	* Replace pass 5 of copying with a sweeping phase after trimming.
	* New option '-N, --no-sweep' to disable reading of skipped areas.
	  Reassign short name '-N' from option '--no-trim' to '--no-sweep'.
	* main.cc. Make '--size=output' use the size of outfile.
	  (Suggested by Stefan Monnier).
	  (do_rescue): Make '-x 0' extend outfile to size of infile.
	* main_common.cc (strtoll_): New function accepting underscores.
	* rescuebook.cc (fcopy_non_tried, rcopy_non_tried): Limit pass 2 to
	  blocks adjacent to a finished block. (Delimit bad area as a whole).
	  (trim_errors): Trim only edges adjacent to a finished block.
	  Initial skip size now defaults to (infile_size / 32_768).
	  Only retrim blocks adjacent to a non-tried or finished block.
	  (update_rates): Don't force update of a_rate, c_rate, ts.
	  (Rescuebook): Estimate remaining time from last 60 seconds.
	  (Suggested by Stefan Monnier).
	* genbook.cc (format_time), loggers.cc (format_time_dhms): Add years.
	* loggers.cc (Event_logger): Add finished_size, a_rate, read errors.
	* ddrescuelog.cc: New option '-H, --make-test'.
	* ddrescue.texi: Document rescue with lziprecover's recovery record.

2025-03-21  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

	* Version 1.29.1 released.
	* New option '--bad-sector-data'. (Suggested by Eliyahu Saks).
	* main_common.cc (format_num3): New function.
	* mapbook.cc (input_pos_error): Print pos and size aligned.
	* ddrescue.texi: Document use of -p and -x with --domain-mapfile.
	  (Reported by Bret Quigley II).
	* block.h: Rename to mapfile.h.

2025-01-05  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

	* Version 1.29 released.
	* New option '--continue-on-errno'.
	* main.cc: New function 'show_final_msg' showing the value of errno.
	  (about_to_copy): Print rescue options before asking user.
	* loggers.cc (Read_logger): Record errno if different from EIO.
	  (The four changes above suggested by Christian Franke).
	* rescuebook.cc: Extend '-O, --reopen-on-error' to all phases.
	* ddrescuelog.cc (test_offset): Use llabs instead of std::abs.
	  (Reported by Jordi Sanfeliu).
	* ddrescue.texi: New chapter 'Syntax of command-line arguments'.
	  Add two examples of combined use with lziprecover.
	  Document that '--continue-on-errno' may need '--reopen-on-error'.
	  Document that option -b of ddrescuelog is position dependent.
	  (Reported by Winston B. E.).
	* check.sh: Use 'cp' instead of 'cat'.

2024-01-22  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

	* Version 1.28 released.
	* main.cc: Rename option '--verify-on-error' to '--check-on-error'.
	  Rename option '--verify-input-size' to '--check-input-size'.
	  Remove synonym '--exit-on-error'.
	* fillbook.cc (fill_areas), rescuebook.cc (do_rescue):
	  Issue a final fsync to prevent early exit if kernel caches writes.
	* ddrescuelog.cc (show_status): Show mapfile names at verbosity == 0.
	* ddrescue.texi: Document how to create a compressed image.
	  (Suggested by Detlef Bieritz).
	* configure, Makefile.in: New variable 'MAKEINFO'.

2023-01-23  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

	* Version 1.27 released.
	* command_mode.cc (do_commands): Fix flush stdout after each command.
	  (Reported by Jeffrey Bosboom).
	* New option '-W, --compare-before-write'.
	  (Suggested by Kajetan Harald Hinner and Petr Slansky).
	* main_common.cc (show_option_error):
	  New function showing argument and option name.
	* main.cc: Remove synonym '--direct'.
	* Use 'long long' instead of 'long' for time variables.
	* loggers.cc: Missing '#include <cstdlib>'.
	* Fix two compiler warnings reported by Christian Franke.

2022-01-21  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

	* Version 1.26 released.
	* mapfile.cc (write_mapfile): Check all calls to fprintf.
	  (Hole in mapfile reported by Radomr Tomis).
	  (read_mapfile): Allow unordered, overlapping blocks in loose domain.
	  (Suggested by Gbor Katona and Shaya Potter).
	* Show file name in all diagnostics with a file involved.
	  (Reported by Radomr Tomis).
	* rescuebook.cc (copy_block): Exit with status 1 on fatal errors.
	  (Suggested by Marco Marques).
	  (do_rescue): Don't run empty phases.
	  (show_status): Scroll forward after each pass.
	  (Based on a suggestion by David Morrison).
	* main_common.cc (getnum): Show option name and valid range if error.
	* main.cc, ddrescuelog.cc: Remove synonyms '*-logfile', '--pause'.
	* ddrescuelog.cc: New option '-F, --format'.
	  (Bitmap format proposed by Florian Sedivy).
	  (test_if_done): Don't try to delete stdin.
	  (do_show_status): Round percentages up.
	* command_mode.cc, io.cc, loggers.cc: Missing '#include <algorithm>'.
	  (Reported by Richard Burkert).
	* ddrescue.texi: Improve description of algorithm.
	* check.sh: Require a POSIX shell.

2020-02-21  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

	* Version 1.25 released.
	* block.h: Add default constructors to classes Block and Sblock.
	  (Reported by Rosen Penev).
	* check.sh: Quote all file name variables to allow names with spaces.
	  (Reported by David Morrison).
	* In rescue mode, join non-finished subsectors read from mapfile.
	  (Reported by David Burton).
	* mapbook.cc (update_mapfile): Exclude writing time from intervals.
	  (Reported by David Burton).
	* rescuebook.cc (extend_outfile_size): Use ftruncate if it works.
	* Print large numbers in groups of 3 digits separated by underscores.
	* main.cc: Set a valid invocation_name even if argc == 0.

2019-02-24  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

	* Version 1.24 released.
	* New option '--command-mode'.
	* Implement mapfile backup. (Suggested by Joe Kickman).
	* ddrescue.texi: Document final contents of bad areas in outfile.
	* configure: Accept appending to CXXFLAGS; 'CXXFLAGS+=OPTIONS'.

2018-02-13  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

	* Version 1.23 released.
	* rescuebook.cc (trim_errors): Fix wrong status change to non-scraped.
	* New option '--same-file'.
	* ddrescuelog.cc: New option '--shift'.
	* fillbook.cc (fill_block): Write location data as one line.
	* fillbook.cc (read_buffer): Don't require a seekable infile.
	* ddrescue.texi: New chapter 'Output'.
	* check.sh: Add test 'combined rescue'.
	* io.cc: Add missing '#include <cstdio>'.

2017-02-03  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

	* Version 1.22 released.
	* Replace option '-X, --exit-on-error' with '-X, --max-read-errors'.
	* New option '--max-slow-reads'.
	* New option '--delay-slow'.
	* New option '--reset-slow'.
	* New option '--log-events'.
	* New option '--mapfile-interval'.
	* New option '--pause-on-error'. (Suggested by Dmitri Kostin).
	* Rename option '--pause' to '--pause-on-pass'.
	* Rename option '--max-errors' to '--max-bad-areas'.
	* Rename 'errsize' to 'bad_size' and 'errors' to 'bad_areas'
	* Rescuebook: Show read_errors, error_rate and slow_reads.
	* Add 'current_pass' field to mapfile.
	* Add two new passes (3 and 4) to the copying phase.
	* main.cc (parse_cpass): Accept ranges of passes.
	* Option '-K, --skip-size' now accepts sizes up to 1 EiB.
	* Initial skip size now defaults to (infile_size / 100_000).
	* rescuebook.cc (copy_non_tried): Don't reduce min_read_rate,
	  enable it only for passes 1 and 2.
	* rescuebook.cc (trim_errors): Don't trim bad edges.
	* main_common.cc (getnum): Accept 's' after other multiplier.
	* '--ask', '-vv' now show size along with model and serial number.
	* non_posix.cc: Add 'device_id' for Cygwin.
	  (Patch written by Christian Franke <franke@computer.org>).
	* rescuebook.cc (do_rescue): Show full sizes in domain warning.
	* ddrescuelog.cc: New option '-A, --annotate-mapfile'.

2016-03-17  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

	* Version 1.21 released.
	* mapbook.cc (Mapbook): Fix iobuf alignment.
	  (Reported by Heikki Tauriainen).
	* Remove short option names '-1' and '-2'.
	* Allow only regular files for '--log-rates' and '--log-reads'.
	* Option '-D, --odirect' now works also in fill mode.
	* rescuebook.cc (copy_block): Return 1 on unaligned read error.
	  Set e_code on any error if verify_on_error.
	* Option '-X, --exit-on-error' has been extended to all phases.
	* Assign short name '-Z' to option '--max-read-rate'.
	* mapbook.cc (update_mapfile): 'fsync' the mapfile every 5 minutes.
	* Rescuebook: Show full range of sizes from non-tried to finished.
	* rescuebook.cc (show_status): Show percentage rescued.
	* configure: Avoid warning on some shells when testing for g++.
	* Makefile.in: Detect the existence of install-info.

2015-09-10  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

	* Version 1.20 released.
	* Rename 'logfile' to 'mapfile' everywhere.
	* Change short name of option '--synchronous' to '-y'.
	* Change long name of option '-d' to '--idirect'.
	* New option '-D, --odirect'.
	* New option '-J, --verify-on-error'.
	* New option '--max-read-rate'.
	* rescuebook.cc (copy_block): Copy arbitrary blocks with '--idirect'.
	* Include only bad-sector blocks in 'errsize'.
	* rescuebook.cc (show_status): Show the estimated remaining time.
	* io.cc (format_time): Show time in days, hours, minutes and seconds.
	* Add per sector location data to fill mode.
	* mapbook.cc: Add emergency save of the mapfile.
	* non_posix.cc: Add 'device_id' for Haiku.
	* mapfile.cc (read_mapfile): Read read-only mapfiles from stdin.
	* ddrescuelog.cc: Allow multiple mapfiles for '-t, --show-status'.
	* ddrescuelog.cc (create_mapfile): '-' writes mapfile to stdout.
	* ddrescue.texi: New chapter 'Optical media'.
	* ddrescue.texi: Document maximum size of the rescue domain.
	* configure: Rename option '--enable-linux' to '--enable-non-posix'.
	* Makefile.in: New targets 'install*-compress'.
	* ddrescue.h: Rename to mapbook.h.
	* logbook.cc: Rename to mapbook.cc.
	* logfile.cc: Rename to mapfile.cc.
	* linux.{h,cc}: Rename to non_posix.{h,cc}.

2014-10-03  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

	* Version 1.19 released.
	* Fix a race condition at start of run with '--timeout=0'.
	* New option '-P, --data-preview'.
	* New option '-u, --unidirectional'.
	* New option '-X, --exit-on-error'.
	* New option '--ask' to ask for user confirmation.
	* New option '--cpass' to select passes during copying phase.
	* New option '--pause' to insert a pause between passes.
	* Remove option '-l, --logfile-size'.
	* Skip on the first error during the copying phase.
	* rescuebook.cc: Trimming done in one pass, may be run in reverse.
	* The splitting phase has been replaced by a scraping phase.
	* Change long name of option '-n' to '--no-scrape'.
	* rescuebook.cc: Alternate direction of passes during retrying phase.
	* Show ATA model and serial number with '--ask' or '-vv' on Linux.
	* configure: New option '--enable-linux'.
	* New files linux.h and linux.cc.
	* Change license to GPL version 2 or later.

2014-06-10  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

	* Version 1.18.1 released.
	* ddrescuelog.cc (do_logic_ops): Fix 'or' and 'xor'.
	* New option '-H, --test-mode' to simulate read errors.
	* New option '-L, --loose-domain' (both ddrescue and ddrescuelog).
	* New option '-N, --no-trim' to disable trimming of damaged areas.
	* New option '-O, --reopen-on-error'. (Suggested by Paul L Daniels).
	* New options '-1, --log-rates' and '-2, --log-reads'.
	  (Suggested by Alexander Sashnov and Paul L Daniels).
	* Extend '-K, --skip-size' with maximum and disable values.
	* Change long name of option '-r' to '--retry-passes'.
	* Change short name of option '--generate-mode' to '-G'.
	* Default value of option '-l, --logfile-size' increased to 10000.
	* If interrupted, ddrescue terminates by raising the signal received.
	* rescuebook.cc (copy_non_tried): Don't mark skipped blocks as
	  non-trimmed. Try them in additional passes (before trimming).
	* rescuebook.cc: Limit the copying phase to 3 passes.
	* rescuebook.cc: Alternate direction of passes during copying phase.
	* rescuebook.cc: Smallest blocks are trimmed first.
	* rescuebook.cc (split_errors): Read largest first if logfile full.
	* Improve speed when using option '-m, --domain-logfile'.
	* io.cc (show_status): Show the current total run time.
	* rescuebook.cc: Show pass number and direction during copying.
	* rescuebook.cc (show_status): Show block pos instead of current_pos.
	* main.cc: Show "an unknown number of bytes" for unknown insize.
	* ddrescuelog.cc: New options '-B, --binary-prefixes',
	  -C, --complete-logfile', and '-P, --compare-as-domain'.
	* Improve speed of logic operations in ddrescuelog.
	* rescuebook.cc (do_rescue): Show warning when domain is smaller
	  than logfile.
	* ddrescuelog.cc (do_show_status): Show logfile and domain extents
	  when domain is smaller than logfile.
	* block.h: Class Block now forces the invariant by itself.
	* Code reorganization. New class 'Logfile'.
	* Add status message to rescue logfile.
	* Many improvements to documentation.
	* ddrescue.texinfo: Rename to ddrescue.texi.

2013-07-09  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>

	* Version 1.17 released.
	* New option '-l, --logfile-size'.
	* New option '-w, --ignore-write-errors'.
	* Rename option '--fill' to '--fill-mode'.
	* Rename option '--generate-logfile' to '--generate-mode'.
	* Add option '--sector-size' as a synonym of '--block-size'.
	* Add option '--retries' as a synonym of '--max-retries'.
	* Add option '--size' as a synonym of '--max-size'.
	* rescuebook.cc: Trimming is now done from both edges of each
	  non-trimmed block. Largest blocks are trimmed first.
	* rescuebook.cc: Largest blocks are now split first until
	  logfile reaches '--logfile-size' entries.
	* logbook.cc (extend_sblock_vector, truncate_vector): Terminate
	  if truncation would discard finished blocks.
	* rescuebook.cc: Mark failed blocks with 1 sector as bad-sector.
	* logbook.cc (extend_sblock_vector): Remove last block of
	  logfile if it starts at insize and is not marked as finished.
	* io.cc (show_status, update_rates): Detect a jump back in time
	  and adjust status.
	* ddrescue.h (slow_read): Return false for the first 10 seconds.
	* io.cc (show_status) Leave cursor after message so that ^C does
	  not overwrite it.
	* main.cc: Don't require '--force' for generate mode.
	* ddrescue.h (Logbook::logfile_exists): Don't return false if
	  logfile exists but is empty.
	* ddrescue.texinfo: New chapter 'Using ddrescue safely'.
	* Document that 'direct disc access' only reads whole sectors.
	* configure: Options now accept a separate argument.
	* Makefile.in: New target 'install-bin'.

2012-06-11  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.16 released.
	* New option '-K, --skip-size'.
	* New option '-T, --timeout'.
	* Change short name of option '--try-again' to '-A'.
	* Maximum skip size is now limited to 1% of infile size or 1 GiB
	  (whichever is smaller), rounded to the next multiple of sector size.
	* Set current_pos to end of block when reading backwards.
	* The option '-E, --max-error-rate' now checks the rate of
	  actually failed reads, not the growth of error size.
	* The option '-v, --verbose' now increases verbosity if repeated.
	* Change quote characters in messages as advised by GNU Standards.
	* configure: Rename 'datadir' to 'datarootdir'.
	* New files rational.h, rational.cc.

2012-01-01  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.15 released.
	* New option '-a, --min-read-rate'.
	* New option '-I, --verify-input-size'.
	* New option '-x, --extend-outfile'.
	* main.cc: Check that infile, outfile, and logfile are all different.
	  (do_fill, do_generate, do_rescue): Show PROGVERSION.
	* Non-tried blocks are now read aligned to cluster-size sectors.
	* rescuebook.cc: Improve skip algorithm for the split pass.
	* main.cc: Remove spurious warning about '-D' ignored in fill mode.
	* ddrescue.texinfo: Improve description of algorithm.
	* logbook.cc (change_chunk_status): Return an adjust value (-1, 0, 1)
	  to keep "errors" updated without calling count_errors every time.
	* ddrescue.cc: Rename to io.cc.
	* Add 'ddrescuelog', a program for logfile manipulation.

2011-01-10  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.14 released.
	* New option '-R, --reverse'.
	* New option '-E, --max-error-rate'.
	* Extend syntax of '--max-errors' (+N) to specify new errors.
	* Change short name of option '--retrim' to '-M'.
	* Remove spurious warning about 'preallocation not available'.
	* Code reorganization. New class 'Genbook'.

2010-08-27  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.13 released.
	* Non-regular output files are no longer overwritten by default.
	* New option '-f, --force'.
	* New option '-p, --preallocate'.
	* main.cc (write_logfile_header): Write command line to logfile.
	* Revert to use 'long' instead of 'time_t' for time variables.
	  Ddrescue only needs counting seconds, and 'time_t' causes warnings
	  on some systems.
	* ddrescue.texinfo: Add info about logfile and recoverable formats.
	  Add a couple more warnings to the tutorial.
	* testsuite: Rename 'test1' to 'test.txt'

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: Add quotes to directory names.
	* Makefile.in: Add option '--name' to help2man invocation.
	* 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): Modify the split threshold.
	* rescuebook.cc (copy_and_update):
	  Check after every read error that the input file does still exist.
	* ddrescue.cc (Rescuebook::show_status):
	  Show the time elapsed since the last successful read.
	* ddrescue.cc (set_signals): Ignore SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2.
	* ddrescue.texinfo: Improve descriptions of '-d', '-D', and '-S'.
	  Improve description of algorithm.
	* check.sh: Check that files are opened in binary mode.
	* Add logfile usage warning to the output of 'ddrescue --help'.

2009-02-19  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.10 released.
	* New option '-T, --try-again'.
	* rescuebook.cc: 'skip_size' has been made independent of 'softbs'.
	* 'change_chunk_status' is now faster for large logfiles.
	* Fix overflow when reading from devices of undefined size.
	* Block does no longer 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.
	* New option '-m, --domain-logfile'.
	* Verbosity control of messages has been simplified.
	* Change LONG_LONG_MAX to LLONG_MAX.

2008-02-24  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.8 released.
	* New option '-g, --generate-logfile'.
	* New option '-D, --synchronous'.
	* Fill mode now works when outfile offset differs from 0.
	* ddrescue.texinfo: Update chapter 'Fill Mode'.

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 kept minimized at all times.
	* Rescuebook::errors now counts the error areas found.
	* Makefile.in: New target 'check'.
	* rescuebook.cc (split_errors): New variable 'error_counter'.
	* New option '-R, --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): New variable 'skip_counter'.
	* Add new pass that trims error areas backwards before splitting.
	* Add support for sparse output files.
	* Blocks longer than hardbs are now split at sector boundaries.
	* New option '-F, --fill'.
	* Add 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.
	* Option '--quiet' now also quiets error messages.
	* Print a more informative error message when reading an old logfile.
	* Add some consistency checks.
	* ddrescue.texinfo: New chapter 'Fill Mode'.
	  Add note about old logfiles.

2007-06-29  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.5 released.
	* Update license to GPL version 3 or later.

2007-06-18  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.4 released.
	* New option '-d, --direct'.
	* Fix a bug showing bad initial error size.
	* Fix error counting.
	* Small changes to documentation.

2006-12-13  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.3 released.
	* configure: Some fixes.
	* Makefile.in: New target 'sddrescue'.

2006-04-03  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.2 released.
	* New option '-C, --complete-only'.
	* Replace 'getopt_long' with a new argument parser.
	* 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.
	* Align 'iobuf' to the sector size for use with raw devices.
	* Add two missing #includes.
	* ddrescue.texinfo: Add a small tutorial.

2005-06-07  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 1.0 released.
	* A new logfile format makes multipart rescue possible.
	* Logfile is saved every 30 seconds.
	* Logfile is now also saved in case of write error on outfile.
	* Fix 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.
	* configure, ddrescue.texinfo: New files.
	* Two small bugs corrected.
	* New option '-B, --binary-prefixes' to show binary multipliers in
	  numbers (SI prefixes are used by default).
	* Numbers are accepted with decimal (SI) or binary multipliers.
	* Rename 'badblocks file' to 'logfile'.
	* Save logfile also if max_errors are exceeded.

2004-12-14  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 0.8 released.
	* New option '-n, --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.
	* Skip faster over damaged areas (try 1 block first).
	* Improve error messages.

2004-09-15  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 0.5 released.
	* Save badblocks file also if ddrescue is interrupted while
	  splitting damaged areas.
	* ddrescue.1: New man page.

2004-09-03  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 0.4 released.
	* Change project name to 'ddrescue' to meet command name standards.
	* Add long option names.

2004-08-18  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 0.3 released.
	* Add badblocks file, making the rescue much more efficient.

2004-08-14  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 0.2 released.
	* Fix bug that sometimes ignored the last sectors of a damaged area.
	* Make the algorithm faster in presence of errors.

2004-08-12  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>

	* Version 0.1 released.


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