Thomas Schmitt wrote: > songbird wrote: >> always give an option to do a dry run without any actual changes >> being made > > But what difference would that make ?
just me and a preference to err on the side of caution when dealing with devices that might alter a very basic thing. > If the program thinks it's not ok, then it will refuse. > If it thinks it's ok, then shall the user refrain nevertheless ? maybe, if they just want to see what it says it will do. also, consider that bugs do happen and sometimes a dry run switch will discover them before it does the actual write to the device. > Of course it's safer to know what is on the stick or to inspect > it by commands like "fdisk -l" and "isoinfo -d". yes, always a good idea. mostly the idea is to prevent "wrong device" or a fumble finger kind of error. with some things i know it is ok to ask for forgiveness instead of asking for permission, but when it comes down to devices and partition tables i put them in the more paranoid group. > Have a nice day :) ya, was excellent. songbird
