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ewfrecover                           LOCAL                          ewfrecover


NAME

     ewfrecover -- exports media data stored in EWF files


SYNOPSIS

     ewfrecover [-A codepage] [-l log_filename] [-p process_buffer_size]
                [-t target] [-hqvVx] ewf_files


DESCRIPTION

     ewfrecover is a utility to recover corrupt EWF files.

     ewfrecover is part of the libewf package.  libewf is a library to access
     the Expert Witness Compression Format (EWF).

     ewf_files the first or the entire set of EWF segment files

     The options are as follows:

     -A codepage
             the codepage of header section, options: ascii (default), win-
             dows-874, windows-932, windows-936, windows-949, windows-950,
             windows-1250, windows-1251, windows-1252, windows-1253, win-
             dows-1254, windows-1255, windows-1256, windows-1257 or win-
             dows-1258

     -h      shows this help

     -l log_filename
             logs recover errors and the digest (hash) to the log filename

     -p process_buffer_size
             the process buffer size (default is the chunk size)

     -t target
             the target file to recover to (default is recover)

     -v      verbose output to stderr

     -V      print version

     -x      use the data chunk functions instead of the buffered read and
             write functions.


ENVIRONMENT

     None


FILES

     None


EXAMPLES

     ewfrecover will ask the information it needs.

   Recovering a corrupted image
     ewfrecover corrupt.E01
     ewfrecover 20120805

     Export started at: Mon Aug  6 07:09:34 2012

     This could take a while.

           ...

     Export completed at: Mon Aug  6 07:09:34 2012

     MD5 hash calculated over data:          d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
     ewfrecover: SUCCESS

   Trying to recover a non-corrupted image
     ewfrecover notcorrupt.E01
     ewfrecover 20120805

     EWF file(s) are not corrupted.


DIAGNOSTICS

     Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose out-
     put -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled
     at compilation.


BUGS

     Please report bugs of any kind to <joachim.metz@gmail.com> or on the
     project website: https://github.com/libyal/libewf/


AUTHOR

     These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.


COPYRIGHT

     Copyright (C) 2006-2020, Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>.

     This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
     warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUR-
     POSE.


SEE ALSO

     ewfacquire(1), ewfacquirestream(1), ewfexport(1), ewfinfo(1),
     ewfmount(1), ewfverify(1)

libewf                         November 29, 2020                        libewf

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