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diff --git a/gnu/packages/ddrescue.scm b/gnu/packages/ddrescue.scm index f990199a62..13fac28cc2 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/ddrescue.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/ddrescue.scm @@ -40,19 +40,8 @@ (synopsis "Data recovery utility") (native-inputs `(("lzip" ,lzip))) (description - "GNU Ddrescue is a data recovery tool. It copies data from one -file or block device (e.g., hard disk, CD-ROM) to another, trying hard to -rescue data in case of read errors. - -The basic operation of Ddrescue is fully automatic. That is, you don't -have to wait for an error, stop the program, read the log, run it in -reverse mode, etc. - -If you use the logfile feature of Ddrescue, the data is rescued very -efficiently (only the needed blocks are read). Also, you can interrupt -the rescue at any time and resume it later at the same point. - -Automatic merging of backups: If you have two or more damaged copies of -a file and run Ddrescue on all of them, one at a time, with the same -output file, you will probably obtain a complete and error-free file.") + "Ddrescue is a fully automated data recovery tool. It copies data from +one file to another, working to rescue data in case of read errors. The +program also includes a tool for manipulating its log- files, which are used +to recover data more efficiently by only reading the necessary blocks.") (license gpl3+))) |