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The raw portfile for dd_rescue 1.14 is located here:
http://dd_rescue.darwinports.com/dports/sysutils/dd_rescue/Portfile
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The dd_rescue Portfile 50984 2009-05-14 21:08:43Z and.damore macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: dd_rescue
Version: 1.14
Category: sysutils
Maintainers: hudora.de:md
Platform: darwin
Description: copy data from one file or block device to another
Long Description: dd_rescue is modeled after dd but optimized for copying data from possible damaged disks to your system
Homepage: http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/
Master Sites: ${homepage}
Checksums: md5 417d26eacb5fb7851487329542f225e8 sha1 0a9c06a9679f50294f7b2968bf026944c808315a rmd160 e6e12c460c29845912c2e456ac88160009341dcf
worksrcdir dd_rescue
Patch Files: patch-Makefile
use_configure no
build.target default

destroot.destdir INSTALLDIR=${destroot}${prefix}/bin

post-destroot {
xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
xinstall -m 644 -W ${worksrcpath} README.dd_rescue COPYING ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
}

If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.
Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:

%  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/dd_rescue
%  sudo port install dd_rescue  
Password: 

You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

--->  Fetching dd_rescue
--->  Verifying checksum for dd_rescue
--->  Extracting dd_rescue
--->  Configuring dd_rescue
--->  Building dd_rescue with target all

--->  Staging dd_rescue into destroot

--->  Installing dd_rescue

- Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using dd_rescue with these commands:

%  man dd_rescue
%  apropos dd_rescue
%  which dd_rescue
%  locate dd_rescue

 Where to find more information: