Re: [Bug-ddrescue] Feature request: email notifications about the progress

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> > I'd like to propose following feature: email notifications about the
> > progress. I.e. the process of creating an image of a failing drive might
> > be long, very long. It would be nice to have the ability to make
> > ddrescue inform about its progress once in a while. Like send an email
> > to a provided address every 3 days, reporting the progress; or send an
> > email every 25% recovered...
> 
> It sounds interesting

Yes, I faced a situation where I couldn't not access the computer
running ddrescue but still would like to be informed about its progress.
E.g. you go on vacation and have ddrescue running at home/work for
several weeks...

>  but difficult. Sending email requires 
> configurating some software to access the mail server. Suggestions about 
> the best way of implementing this feature are welcome.

True, the mail stuff should not be part of ddrescue. All we need to add
is some sort of "hooks" that will fire up external script/command on
certain events (like every N days/hours/weeks or every M% recovered).
This way we can send emails/sms/whatsoever and it will be up to user to
configure his environment so that the notifications will be delivered
properly. ddrescue's code will not be overloaded...

Thank you!