Merge pull request #518 from ggruber/master

progress dots added
martijnvanbrummelen · Nov 4, 2023 · e463b10 · e463b10
2 parents 63c64b9 + 28a9c70
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diff --git a/src/device.c b/src/device.c
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ int nwipe_device_scan( nwipe_context_t*** c )
 
     while( ( dev = ped_device_get_next( dev ) ) )
     {
+        /* to have some progress indication. can help if there are many/slow disks */
+        fprintf( stderr, "." );
+
         if( check_device( c, dev, dcount ) )
             dcount++;
 
@@ -95,6 +98,8 @@ int nwipe_device_get( nwipe_context_t*** c, char** devnamelist, int ndevnames )
 
     for( i = 0; i < ndevnames; i++ )
     {
+        /* to have some progress indication. can help if there are many/slow disks */
+        fprintf( stderr, "." );
 
         dev = ped_device_get( devnamelist[i] );
         if( !dev )

diff --git a/src/logging.c b/src/logging.c
@@ -893,6 +893,8 @@ void nwipe_log_summary( nwipe_context_t** ptr, int nwipe_selected )
         /* Create the PDF report/certificate */
         if( strcmp( nwipe_options.PDFreportpath, "noPDF" ) != 0 )
         {
+            /* to have some progress indication. can help if there are many/slow disks */
+            fprintf( stderr, "." );
             create_pdf( c[i] );
         }
     }