On 02/09/15 16:51, Assaf Gordon wrote: > Hello, > > Related to: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2015-08/msg00036.html > > What do you think about the following wording for a new FAQ entry: > --- > Q. > Please add progress bar to cp/mv/dd > > A. > Progress bar for cp,mv commands has been deemed unwarranted...
... with an external tool like progress(1) being seen as a more general solution. BTW, progress(1) might be something we could consider adding to coreutils (even though currently Linux specific). > see > <a > href="http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rejected_requests.html#cp";>reject > requests for cp</a> > and <a > href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2015-08/msg00036.html";>previous > discussions</a>. +1 > > The recommended way to copy files with progress information is to use > `rsync` : > > $ rsync -P srcfile dstfile I'd probably just say: Note `rsync -P` can be used to copy files with progress information. > For dd, starting coreutils version 8.24 (released on July 2015) dd has a > new option `status=progress` to print progress information. See > <a > href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2015-07/msg00056.html";>short > tutorial</a> > and > <a > href="http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=af2a4ed22594badd2719c0123441d69b17bd8328";>commit</a>. I'd probably change all of the above to just describe the dd change like: Note also that since version 8.24 (released July 2015), `dd status=progress` can use used to indicate transfer statistics for lower level copy operations, in the form: <pre>3723772416 bytes (3.7 GB) copied, 4.000001 s, 931 MB/s</pre> > Also, > Attached is a small patch for the FAQ html page, to add anchors to the > program sections (this way we can point to the specific program's > rejected ideas). looks good. thanks! Pádraig.
