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

[Adrien Cordonnier]

Hi Antonio,

2015-06-17 19:27 GMT+03:00 Antonio Diaz Diaz <address@hidden>:
>
> Adrien Cordonnier wrote:
>
>> If you change the logfile name, I suggest additional modifications at
>> the same time:
>>
>
> Well, if I change the logfile name then there will be no logfile, and
> users won't have the excuse that they don't need a logfile. ;-)
>
>
> Felix Ehlermann wrote:
>
>> If the user is writing to an image file ddrescue should just automatically
>> create "<outfile>.resumestate" next to the outfile unless
>> --no-resume-state
>> or a different location for the resume-state is specified.
>
>
My suggestion is to have a mandatory blockfile. The blockfile would not be
created automatically but similarly to the current logfile. The default
command line would be:

    ddrescue [options] infile outfile blockfile

instead of:

    ddrescue [options] infile outfile [logfile]

When I suggested this idea a few months ago, I was told that it is
inconvenient for users who would often have to write --no-blockfile because
their use cases don't need it. If that's the case, I suggest to have an
"expert" option at compile time so that the default command line becomes:

    ddrescue [options] infile outfile [blockfile]

And many thanks for this wonderful software!

Cheers,

Adrien