Re: [Bug-ddrescue] user-interface suggestions

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Hello Richard,

Richard Neill wrote:
> 1. Make it more obvious that a logfile is strongly recommended. Change 
> the man page synopsis to remove the [] from logfile. Thus

Given that I use regularly ddrescue as a replacement for dd, I don't 
like the idea of forcing logfile usage (or having to type an option to 
override the logfile).

I can add a warning to the man page saying something like "you should 
use a logfile unless you know what you are doing".


> 3. The -d option could perhaps be automatic?

No. Using -d correctly in every case is an art. It can't be (easily) 
automated.


> 4. Given that ddrescue will usually not terminate, it would be useful if 
> ddrescue could print the time since it last recovered any data. 
> Something such as "ddrescue has now been working for 8 hours without 
> recovering any more data; you've probably got all you're going to get".

Sounds well. I'll see what can be done.


> 5. Lastly, for compatibility with regular dd, may I recommend graceful 
> handling (or at least ignoring) of "kill -USR1"  ?

I can easily handle it like SIGINT.


> P.S. I wrote the following summary for the linux-thinkpad mailing list 
> recently; if you would find it useful to share as documentation, feel free.

Thanks. It is an interesting rescue story.


Regards,
Antonio.