Dear Antonio, I would suggest more than just renaming the file:
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. If the user is writing to a device (using --force) he will either need to disable the resume-state or have to specify a location for it (as a third parameter just like with the current implementation). This way unexperienced users will have a logfile if they don't read through the manual. This would have been quite helpful in some "customer support requests" on this list in the past. Also it would discourage the use of --force for unexperienced users (who might have forgotten to zero the destination device first, etc. - as we have seen on this list, too). For the existing user base maybe a single-letter alias in addition to --no-resume-state would be nice to get their old behavior back with less than 18 letters (" --no-resume-state") of additional typing "effort". Kind Regards Felix Ehlermann -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: bug-ddrescue-bounces+fehlermann=gmx....@gnu.org [mailto:bug-ddrescue-bounces+fehlermann=gmx....@gnu.org] Im Auftrag von Antonio Diaz Diaz Gesendet: Sonntag, 14. Juni 2015 01:04 An: bug-ddrescue@gnu.org Betreff: [Bug-ddrescue] Suggestions to rename "logfile" Dear all, Some people think that the "logfile"[1] of ddrescue should be renamed. That "logfile" means just a log of the program's activity, which is not true of ddrescue's logfile. I tend to agree that the name is somewhat misleading, but I have been unable to find a suitable replacement name yet. So I'm asking your suggestions about an appropriate name. Maybe among all we well be able to find a better name. [1]http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/manual/ddrescue_manual.html#Logfile- structure Thanks in advance, Antonio. _______________________________________________ Bug-ddrescue mailing list Bug-ddrescue@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue _______________________________________________ Bug-ddrescue mailing list Bug-ddrescue@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue