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The ddrescue Portfile 42582 2008-11-25 01:59:01Z raimue macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: ddrescue
Version: 1.9
Category: sysutils
Platform: darwin
Maintainers: ecronin raimue
Description: GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool.

Long Description: ${description} 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.

Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html
Master Sites: gnu:ddrescue

Checksums: md5 f580e4e535b1b6a8997dd0929361c17d sha1 5ca7897866b55cc56dffb43c4e93d69ae19fb613 rmd160 593e20a716835e14b647d6670067b78c40e9e1f1

use_bzip2 yes

destroot.target-append install-man

If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.
Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:

%  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/ddrescue
%  sudo port install ddrescue  
Password: 

You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

--->  Fetching ddrescue
--->  Verifying checksum for ddrescue
--->  Extracting ddrescue
--->  Configuring ddrescue
--->  Building ddrescue with target all

--->  Staging ddrescue into destroot

--->  Installing ddrescue

- Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using ddrescue with these commands:

%  man ddrescue
%  apropos ddrescue
%  which ddrescue
%  locate ddrescue

 Where to find more information: