EWFRECOVER(1)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, meet ewfrecover 💅 — she's the utility that exports media data stored in EWF files. That's it, that's her whole job, and she eats every time. 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so like. ewfrecover is a utility to recover corrupt EWF files. corrupt files?? she said not on my watch, we're getting that data back. 🫶

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

ewf_files — the first or the entire set of EWF segment files. no cap, you can hand her one or hand her the whole squad. 👯‍♀️

the options are as follows, and yes, we're going through every single one because we don't skip:

• -A codepage — the codepage of header section. options are: ascii (default, obviously 💅), 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. yes bestie, that's fifteen windows ones plus ascii, she said options for DAYS. 🌈
• -h — shows this help. your little "what do I do" button, we love her. 🙋‍♀️
• -l log_filename — logs recover errors and the digest (hash) to the log filename. receipts!! 🧾
• -p process_buffer_size — the process buffer size (default is the chunk size). leave it alone unless you know things, bestie.
• -t target — the target file to recover to (default is recover). where she's dumping all that recovered goodness. 📦
• -v — verbose output to stderr. she will yap and honestly? we listen. 🗣️
• -V — print version. identity check. 🪪
• -x — use the chunk data instead of the buffered read and write functions. lowkey a whole different lane. ✨

not me noticing the synopsis also has -u and -q in -hquvVx — they're right there in the usage line, bestie, and we're keeping them exactly as they are. 🙈

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🦋 ENVIRONMENT 🦋

None.

she needs nothing from the environment. self-sufficient queen. 💅

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🎀 FILES 🎀

None.

no files to her name. mysterious. iconic. 👑

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⭐ EXAMPLES ⭐

ewfrecover will ask the information it needs. she's a "let's talk it through" kind of girl. 🫶

🌸 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

SUCCESS!!! she ATE. 🔥

💜 Trying to recover a non-corrupted image 💜

ewfrecover notcorrupt.E01
ewfrecover 20120805

EWF file(s) are not corrupted.

nothing to recover, bestie, the file is already thriving. she's not gonna fix what isn't broken. 🙅‍♀️✨

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🌈 DIAGNOSTICS 🌈

errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. and like, heads up — verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation. so if you turned on -v and she's still quiet, that's why, don't come for her. 💀

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💀 BUGS 💀

please report bugs of any kind on the project issue tracker:

https://github.com/libyal/libewf-legacy/issues

she wants the feedback, fr fr. constructive only please, we don't do mean in this house. 🫶

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

these man pages were written by Joachim Metz. legend behavior. 🫡

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💖 COPYRIGHT 💖

Copyright 2006-2014, 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 PURPOSE.

okay so that part is the serious one bestie — no warranty, at all, zero, none. read it again. 📢

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

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

the whole friend group!! go say hi. 💜

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💅 this one's from the <strong>libewf</strong> era, dated <strong>January 19, 2014</strong> — old money, still slaying. mwah, go recover something. 🎀✨