> > > > I'd like to propose following feature: email notifications about the > > > progress. I.e. the process of creating an image of a failing drive might > > > be long, very long. It would be nice to have the ability to make > > > ddrescue inform about its progress once in a while. Like send an email > > > to a provided address every 3 days, reporting the progress; or send an > > > email every 25% recovered... > > > > It sounds interesting > > Yes, I faced a situation where I couldn't not access the computer > running ddrescue but still would like to be informed about its progress. > E.g. you go on vacation and have ddrescue running at home/work for > several weeks... > > > but difficult. Sending email requires > > configurating some software to access the mail server. Suggestions about > > the best way of implementing this feature are welcome. > > True, the mail stuff should not be part of ddrescue. All we need to add > is some sort of "hooks" that will fire up external script/command on > certain events (like every N days/hours/weeks or every M% recovered). > This way we can send emails/sms/whatsoever and it will be up to user to > configure his environment so that the notifications will be delivered > properly. ddrescue's code will not be overloaded... > > Thank you!
PS: such hooks could be used also for other stuff - like backing up the so far rescued image to an sftp-server (just in case)... _______________________________________________ Bug-ddrescue mailing list Bug-ddrescue@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue