[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Bug#728220: RFS: fatcat -- FAT32 explore, extract, repair, and forensic tool



Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: normal

Hello, I'm looking for a sponsor for my package:

* Package name    : fatcat
  Version         : 1.0.0
  Upstream Author : Grégoire Passault <g.passault@gmail.com>
* URL             : https://github.com/Gregwar/fatcat/
* License         : MIT
  Programming Lang: C++
  Description     : FAT32 explore, extract, repair, and forensic tool

fatcat is a tool to explore, extract, repair and forensic FAT32 filesystems
which i've named *fatcat*.

Its features:

   - Get information about FAT32 filesystem;
   - Explore FAT32 file system;
   - Read file or extract directories;
   - Retrieve file & directories that are deleted;
   - Backup & restore the FAT tables;
   - Hack the FAT table by writing on it;
   - Hack the entries by changing clusters and file sizes;
   - Perform a search for orphaned files & directories;
   - Compare and merge the FAT tables;
   - Repair unallocated directories &  files

I used it to repair & fix data coming from an actually broken hard drive

Sources are on GitHub:
https://github.com/Gregwar/fatcat

I built a sample package:
http://gregwar.com/fatcat/

I wrote some tutorials & examples:
https://github.com/Gregwar/fatcat/blob/master/docs/index.md

Associated ITP:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=728125

Best regards,
Grégoire

Best regards

Reply to: