Hi Burkart,
Burkart Lingner wrote:
maybe a little late, but have you considered "journal" either by itself
or in conjunction with "block", i.e., "blockjournal"?
Not late at all. I am still thinking about this important change in
ddrescue.
I think "journal" has connotations of "chronological record", which is
not at all the function of the ddrescue logfile.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_(computing)
"In computer storage, a journal is a chronological record of data
processing operations that may be used to construct or reinstate an
historical or alternative version of a computer system or computer file."
"statusfile" (proposed by Martin Bittermann) captures better what the
logfile does: it stores the changing status of each block of the device
being rescued. "block" and "status" are the two words most used in the
manual in relation to the logfile. "journal" is not even mentioned in
the manual.
Just now I am debating between "blockfile" and "statusfile".
The concept of a journal to track modifications in modern file systems
is well-established, as is the name.
Yes, but the ddrescue logfile is not a journal of some filesystem or
database; it is the database itself.
Best regards,
Antonio.
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