Hello Antonio! I know I am quite late to the party, as there already is a release candidate with "blockfile", but would still like to give my input.
My proposition is "mapfile" to replace "logfile" Alternatively "blockmap" You responded to this before: >> Robert Trevellyan wrote: >> > mapfile >> > rescuemap >> > Antonio Diaz Diaz answered: > The problem with these is that 'map' is only mentioned in the ddrescue > documentation in relation with the '--test-mode', while 'block' is mentioned > in about all places related to the logfile. But that is exactly the reason why I would not use "blockfile". Everything in ddrescue is about blocks. It reads from block-devices in portions of soft-blocks and hard-blocks, it uses blocks as unit, and so on. Just about every input or output file in ddrescue could be coined as a "blockfile". No wonder "block" appears all over the documentation. If you are looking to replace the word "log", the better choice is a new word, one not already present in so many other contexts. What is the logfile? It is a map of blocks. (You even phrased it yourself that way in the --test-mode description.) It is not a list of blocks, because it does not list single blocks or some blocks. A "loose" logfile might be considered a list of block-ranges, but a well defined logfile "lists" all blocks and defines a status (think "color") for them, thereby painting a map of blocks. The defining part here is "map", while "blocks" is redundant in the world of ddrescue - what else? Therefore I'd slightly prefer "mapfile" to "blockmap". On the topic of making the logfile (or blockfile/mapfile/blockmap) mandatory > Antonio Diaz Diaz wrote: > As I read somewhere, "build a system that even a fool can use, and only a > fool will want to use it". I am absolutely with you on not creating it automatically. I thought about this for some time and found too many pitfalls. But I am with Adrien and Felix for making it mandatory. This is the one most common error, and it is easy to prevent. I propose to allow a single "-" as 3rd parameter to operate without a logfile. That way the experienced user has only minimal inconvenience when making logless runs. Best Regards, Florian _______________________________________________ Bug-ddrescue mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue
