testdisk を Homebrew でインストール

プロジェクトリンク

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コマンドとエイリアス

• fidentify
• photorec
• testdisk

プロジェクトの歴史

The official TestDisk documentation states that TestDisk was created in 1998 by Christophe Grenier, followed by PhotoRec in April 2002. CGSecurity continues to publish both tools together, with source available through its official cgit repository and release 7.2 documented in 2024.

採用の歴史

TestDisk became a standard rescue-disk and package-manager tool because it targets emergency recovery work across operating systems rather than a single desktop workflow. Official docs list ready-to-use binaries for DOS, Windows, Linux, and macOS, with compilation support for BSD, Haiku, SunOS/Solaris, and other Unix-like systems; package metadata lists it across Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, Ubuntu, winget, and openSUSE.

使われ方

The package is usually installed when a disk, memory card, USB drive, or partition table has already failed. Users run the interactive terminal program with administrator privileges, select a disk, inspect partition tables, perform quick or deeper searches, repair NTFS/FAT boot sectors, or copy recoverable files before writing any partition changes.

パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

TestDisk is a classic package-nerd rescue tool: boring to install on a good day, priceless on a bad one. It is valued because it is small, cross-platform, terminal-based, script-adjacent, and available from ordinary package managers before a recovery emergency occurs.

タイムライン

• 1998: Christophe Grenier creates TestDisk.
• 2002: PhotoRec created in April 2002.
• 2008: Official cgit tags list v6.9 and v6.10 releases.
• 2015: Official cgit tags list v7.0.
• 2019: Official cgit tags list v7.1.
• 2024: Official wiki and cgit tags list TestDisk 7.2 on February 22, 2024.
• 2026: TestDisk 7.2 PDF documentation dated January 4, 2026.

Related projects

• TestDisk is distributed with PhotoRec and QPhotoRec, and is often used alongside live rescue environments, ddrescue imaging workflows, filesystem repair tools, and forensic triage utilities.

ソース

• https://git.cgsecurity.org/cgit/testdisk/ official source repository.
• https://git.cgsecurity.org/cgit/testdisk/refs/tags official tag dates.
• https://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk.pdf official PDF documentation with creation dates, author, platform notes, and recovery scope.
• https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk official wiki description, license, supported tasks, operating systems, and documentation links.
• source_facts.package-manager lists broad package-manager coverage.