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diff --git a/sysutils/magicrescue/pkg-descr b/sysutils/magicrescue/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2aa5f29fa145 --- /dev/null +++ b/sysutils/magicrescue/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Magic Rescue scans a block device for file types it knows how to recover and +calls an external program to extract them. It looks at "magic bytes" in file +contents, so it can be used both as an undelete utility and for recovering a +corrupted drive or partition. As long as the file data is there, it will +find it. + +It works on any file system, but on very fragmented file systems it can only +recover the first chunk of each file. Practical experience shows, however, that +chunks of 30-50MB are not uncommon. + +WWW: http://jbj.rapanden.dk/magicrescue/ + +- ehaupt +ehaupt@critical.ch |