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+/*
+ Copyright (C) 2020 Carl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net>
+
+ This file is part of DCP-o-matic.
+
+ DCP-o-matic is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ DCP-o-matic is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with DCP-o-matic. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+
+/* dcpomatic_disk_writer receives
+
+DCP pathname\n
+Internal name of drive to write to\n
+
+ Then responds with one of the following.
+*/
+
+/** Write finished and everything was OK, e.g.
+
+D\n
+
+*/
+#define DISK_WRITER_OK "D"
+
+/** There was an error. Following this will come
+
+error message\n
+error number\n
+
+e.g.
+
+E\n
+Disc full\n
+42\n
+
+*/
+#define DISK_WRITER_ERROR "E"
+
+/** The disk writer is formatting the drive. It is not possible
+ * to give progress reports on this so the writer just tells us
+ * it's happening. This is finished when DISK_WRITER_PROGRESS
+ * messages start arriving
+ */
+#define DISK_WRITER_FORMATTING "F"
+
+/** Some progress has been made in the main "copy" part of the task.
+ * Following this will come
+
+progress as a float from 0 to 1\n
+
+e.g.
+
+P\n
+0.3\n
+
+*/
+#define DISK_WRITER_PROGRESS "P"
+
+/** dcpomatic_disk_writer may also receive
+
+Q\n
+
+as a request to quit.
+*/
+#define DISK_WRITER_QUIT "Q"
+