Re: [Bug-ddrescue] Feature suggestion: wait for input file/device to reappear

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Paul L Daniels wrote:
> > giving up. It could also do some checks to make sure the reappeared
> > device isn't a different device that someone just plugged in.
>
>         I can offer an immediate alternative solution that avoids
>         having to put more code in to ddrescue directly.  I wrote a
>         small tool called 'waitfordevice' (wfd) which does exactly what
>         you want and gives you the option for filtering for serial
>         numbers / product codes;

Thanks Paul.

Now that ddrescue uses HDIO_GET_IDENTITY, it should be possible to 
implement the functionality of 'waitfordevice' in ddrescue (even if only 
for linux).

Sorry for being so slow. 'waitfordevice' is in my todo list since more 
than a year ago.


Best regards,
Antonio.