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HOWTO

# dd_rescue 1.12
# ==============
# This is apparently not the same thing as ddrescue

cd
test -f installed/dd_rescue-1.12.tar.gz &&
mv installed/dd_rescue-1.12.tar.gz .
test ! -f dd_rescue-1.12.tar.gz &&
wget http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/dd_rescue-1.12.tar.gz
mkdir -p -m 0700 src
cd src
find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "dd_rescue-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
tar xzvf ~/dd_rescue-1.12.tar.gz
mv -f dd_rescue dd_rescue-1.12
cd dd_rescue-1.12
test $UID = 0 && chown -R root:root .
make
su -c "install -s -m 755 dd_rescue /usr/local/bin/"
cd
mkdir -p -m 0700 installed
rm -f installed/dd_rescue-*.tar.*
mv dd_rescue-1.12.tar.gz installed/

# Read ~/src/dd_rescue-1.12/README.dd_rescue and run
# 'dd_rescue -h' for usage info