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 # ddrescue
 
+GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool.
+It copies data from one file or block device (hard disc, cdrom, etc) to another, trying hard to rescue data in case of read errors.
+
+Ddrescue does not truncate the output file if not asked to.
+So, every time you run it on the same output file, it tries to fill in the gaps.
+
+The basic operation of ddrescue is fully automatic.
+That is, you don't have to wait for an error, stop the program, read the log, run it in reverse mode, etc.
+
+If you use the logfile feature of ddrescue, the data is rescued very efficiently (only the needed blocks are read).
+Also you can interrupt the rescue at any time and resume it later at the same point.
+
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+Name:           ddrescue
+Version:        1.17
+Release:        1mamba
+Summary:        GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool
+Group:          Applications/File
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:       Aleph0 <aleph0@openmamba.org>
+URL:            http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html
+Source:         http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ddrescue/ddrescue-%{version}.tar.lz
+License:        GPL
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+BuildRequires: libgcc
+BuildRequires: libstdc++6-devel
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+Requires(post): %{__install_info}
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+%description
+GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool.
+It copies data from one file or block device (hard disc, cdrom, etc) to another, trying hard to rescue data in case of read errors.
+
+Ddrescue does not truncate the output file if not asked to.
+So, every time you run it on the same output file, it tries to fill in the gaps.
+
+The basic operation of ddrescue is fully automatic.
+That is, you don't have to wait for an error, stop the program, read the log, run it in reverse mode, etc.
+
+If you use the logfile feature of ddrescue, the data is rescued very efficiently (only the needed blocks are read).
+Also you can interrupt the rescue at any time and resume it later at the same point.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+%configure
+%make
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf %{buildroot}
+%makeinstall
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+%post
+%install_info ddrescue.info
+exit 0
+
+%preun
+%uninstall_info ddrescue.info
+exit 0
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/ddrescue*
+%{_infodir}/ddrescue.info.*
+%{_mandir}/man1/ddrescue*
+%doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog NEWS README
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Jul 31 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.17-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Mon Jun 25 2012 Stefano Cotta Ramusino <stefano.cotta@openmamba.org> 1.16-1mamba
+- update to 1.16
+
+* Wed Feb 27 2008 Aleph0 <aleph0@openmamba.org> 1.8-1mamba
+- update to 1.8
+
+* Mon Jan 07 2008 Aleph0 <aleph0@openmamba.org> 1.7-1mamba
+- update to 1.7
+
+* Mon Nov 19 2007 Aleph0 <aleph0@openmamba.org> 1.6-1mamba
+- update to 1.6
+
+* Mon Jul 02 2007 Aleph0 <aleph0@openmamba.org> 1.5-1mamba
+- update to 1.5
+
+* Mon Jun 04 2007 Aleph0 <aleph0@openmamba.org> 1.3-2mamba
+- rebuilt
+
+* Mon Dec 18 2006 Aleph0 <aleph0@openmamba.org> 1.3-1qilnx
+- update to version 1.3 by autospec
+- fixed compilation flags for c++
+
+* Fri Apr 28 2006 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@qilinux.it> 1.2-1qilnx
+- package created by autospec