dd_rhelp error msg

[Overlook]

Entering any of the following:
dd_rhelp
dd_rhelp --help
dd_rhelp --version
Will return:
/usr/sbin/dd_rhelp: 98: -: not found
/usr/sbin/dd_rhelp: 99: -: not found
/usr/sbin/dd_rhelp: 100: -: not found
/usr/sbin/dd_rhelp: 101: -: not found
/usr/sbin/dd_rhelp: 136: -: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

I need to use dd_help but it appears broken.

PS:Version 1.13 of dd_rescue is available

Please help
Thank you

[Jay Levitt]

I think I have this working now... I'd post a proper patch, but this was all edited inside busybox

To fix dd_rhelp:

- Change all instances of "$[ ]" to $(( )) (including line 490, where you weren't expecting it)
- Change all instance of "function blah()" to "blah()"
- Add the empty parens to the definitions of get_path, require_exe, get_valid_dd_rescue

- In get_path(), replace

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echo $(type -p $1)

with

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echo $(type $1)

- In get_valid_dd_rescue(), replace

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path=$(get_path dd_rescue)

with

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path="/usr/sbin/dd_rescue"

The last two fixes are not needed if you instead update BusyBox to the latest version, which supports "type -p".

[ciper]

Can someone help me with this? I am trying to edit the file as mentioned above but cannot find all of the items mentioned.
I think I have made all of the changes needed except for
"- Add the empty parens to the definitions of get_path, require_exe, get_valid_dd_rescue"
which I don't understand


Jay Levitt: Why not post the modified file to sharebee?

[Jay Levitt]

Ciper: I was doing the editing inside BusyBox, and I didn't see any way to save the file "outside" of its world - no external drives mounted, no network, etc.

the empty parentheses mean you need to change "function require_exe" to "function require_exe ()", and likewise for get_path and get_valid_dd_rescue.

That said, if I remember right, I ended up giving up on dd_rhelp. My drive was in bad enough shape that I kept running into other bugs, and it was more effective to just dd_rescue the whole thing and let it chug through.

[ciper]

I wanted to let everyone know that DD_Rescue and DD_Rhelp are crap compared to DDRESCUE (notice the lack of underscore). Look here http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html

I compiled a copy of this on Ubuntu to help me recover a dying Tivo drive.