---
name: "ddrescueview"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ddrescueview"
version: "0.4.5-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ddrescueview"
---

# ddrescueview(1)

graphical viewer for GNU ddrescue map files

## NAME

ddrescueview - graphical viewer for GNU ddrescue map files

## SYNOPSIS

**ddrescueview** \[*OPTIONS*\] \[\[-m domain-mapfile\] rescue-mapfile\]

## DESCRIPTION

This small tool allows the user to graphically examine ddrescue's map files in a user friendly GUI application. The Main window displays a block grid with each block's color representing the block types it contains. Many people know this type of view from defragmentation programs.

*OPTIONS*:

- \-r (off\|5s\|10s\|30s\|1m\|2m\|5m)

  Set refresh interval, e.g. -r 30s

- \-lp

  Show (bottom) log panel on start

- \-gs (4\|6\|8\|10\|12\|14\|16\|20\|24)

  Set grid size on start

- \-ub

  Use binary unit prefixes instead of decimal

- \-x left

  X position of window on screen, in pixels

- \-y top

  Y position of window on screen, in pixels

- \-w width

  ClientWidth of window, in pixels

- \-h height

  ClientHeight of window, in pixels

- \-safe

  Turn off optimizations

## SEE ALSO

Project website: \<https://sourceforge.net/p/ddrescueview\>\
 Full documentation at: \<https://sourceforge.net/p/ddrescueview/wiki\>

## AUTHORS

Written by Martin Bittermann \<martinbittermann@gmx.de\>

This manual page was written by Graham Inggs \<graham@nerve.org.za\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2013-2020 Martin Bittermann \<martinbittermann@gmx.de\>

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.