ewfrecover(1)

NAME

     ewfrecover --- exports media data stored in EWF files

SYNOPSIS

     ewfrecover [-A codepage] [-l log_filename] [-p process_buffer_size]
            [-t target] [-hquvVx] 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),
         windows-874, windows-932, windows-936, windows-949, windows-950,
         windows-1250, windows-1251, windows-1252, windows-1253,
         windows-1254, windows-1255, windows-1256, windows-1257 or
         windows-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 chunk data 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
     output -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when
     enabled at compilation.

BUGS

     Please report bugs of any kind to <[email protected]> or on the
     project website: http://code.google.com/p/libewf/

AUTHOR

     These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

COPYRIGHT

     Copyright 2006-2014, Joachim Metz <[email protected]>.

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

SEE ALSO

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

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