Hi,
if -v[v...] is specified, ddrescue prints useful lines about the
interpretation of various possibly specified options. If --ask is used,
this is done after the (y/N) prompt. I would suggest to print these
lines before the prompt. The devices may be OK, but the options may not.
GNU ddrescue 1.28
About to copy 16759 kBytes
from '/dev/sdd1' [...] (16_367Ki)
to 'disk.img' (1Mi)
Proceed (y/N)? y <=========== Move this ...
Starting positions: infile = 0 B, outfile = 0 B
Copy block size: 128 sectors Initial skip size: 128 sectors
Sector size: 512 Bytes
Direct in: yes Direct out: no Sparse: no Truncate: no
Trim: yes Scrape: yes Max retry passes: 0
Proceed (y/N)? y <=========== ... to here
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Regards,
Christian