---
name: "dares-qt"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dares-qt"
version: "0.6.5-4"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dares-qt"
---

# dares-qt(1)

rescue files from damaged CDs and DVDs

## NAME

**dares** - rescue files from damaged CDs and DVDs

## SYNOPSIS

**dares** -i *image* -s *path* \[-h2i *h2i\_file*\] \[-a\] \[-m\] \[-l*logfile*\]\
 **dares-qt** \[-i *image*\] \[-s *path*\] \[-h2i *h2i\_file*\] \[-a\] \[-m\] \[-l*logfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**Dares** scans a CD/DVD image or a CD/DVD and tries to find files. It does not depend on filesystem information, but instead uses the **Magic library** to identify files. Doing it this way **Dares** can recover files even when the filesystem (ISO-9660 or UDF) on the disc is damaged and cannot be mounted anymore.

Dares can use H2cdimage (ftp://ftp.heise.de/pub/ct/ctsi/h2cdimage.zip) files to rescue data from heavily damaged optical discs.

## OPTIONS

- **-i**

  CD/DVD image file or device.

- **-s**

  Directory where the rescued  files shall be stored.

- **-h2i**

  Optional *h2i* file for the CD/DVD image.

- **-a**

  Store all found files without any user interaction.

- **-m**

  Use Mime types instead of a description. **-l** Logfile (default: dares.log)

## AUTHOR

**dares** was written by Oliver Diedrich \<odi@ct.heise.de\>.

This manual page was written by Michael Hanke \<michael.hanke@gmail.com\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).