Re: [Bug-ddrescue] Suggestion: Image size vs. source size sanity check

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Hello Burkart,

Burkart Lingner wrote:
> It's not improving ddrescue's core functionality and one might say that 
> it's not the program's duty to prevent human error. However, if it's 
> easy to implement, why not help out error-prone humans... like me :-)

I see some problems with your idea:

a) The logfile does not currently store the size of the input drive.

b) Sometimes, or always on some systems, ddrescue can't determine the 
size of the input drive beforehand.

c) Some machines have two or more identical drives installed, which 
report the same size).


Your idea means an incompatible change in the logfile and is not 
reliable, it produces both false positives and false negatives.


Regards,
Antonio.