Re: [Bug-ddrescue] Suggestions to rename "logfile"

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Hello Gábor,

Gábor STEFANIK wrote:
> Please allow me to post a late contender: block map.

Please, see my former objections to "map".


> If not explicitly specified on the command line, create a block map 
> with <name of output file>.map  - e.g. when recovering to 
> ~/rescue.img, create ~/rescue.img.map
> When destination is a device, create <sourcedevname>.map in the
> current directory - e.g. sda1.map for /dev/sda1 -> /dev/sdb1 clone.

Thanks for your suggestion, but I am not interested in the impossible 
task of making ddrescue idiot-proof. It only complicates things and lets 
stale files floating around.


Regards,
Antonio.