Re: [Bug-ddrescue] GNU ddrescue 1.18-pre3 new option complication

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Scott Dwyer wrote:
> Even then, we can limit how often the reopen can happen. I just ran a 
> test where it reopened every 3rd attempt (3 seconds) and only saw a 
> marginal decrease in overall performance. But that was a test, it 
> shouldn't be allowed to happen that often I don't think. But it needs to 
> be able to happen often enough to make a difference. Like I said, tricky...

I think this is becoming too complicated. I'm going to make the 
'--reopen-on-error' option (in combination with --min-read-rate) reopen 
the file every time a slow read is detected (instead of skipping ahead), 
and see how well it works.

I'll release a new version ASAP.


Best regards,
Antonio.