Thanks about your comments. I did not know about that dd feature
and it looks very interesting. I think that sending the SIGUSR1
signal to a process is a better way to collect progress information
than a fixed progress bar on each software. I could write something
similar feature to
On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 15:35, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Thank you for all that work.
> I have mixed feelings about progress bars.
> I do like the progress bars in rsync, but am reluctant to embed
> such functionality in fundamental programs like cp and mv.
> I'd like to avoid adding any unnecessary comp
If there is good case for it, one possibility would be to do
something similar for cp and mv.
When using translators (like ftpfs, nfs, etc) on GNU/Hurd, quite nice
to know when the transfer is boged down or not.
I once suggested a "progress bar" idea to someone (forgot who), the
idea was no
Miika Pekkarinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> has anyone considered the progress bar patch for cp and mv that I sent
> about one month ago? I think it could be very useful while copying large
> files (especially copying large files over NFS). I can make it better
> if/when needed. I could also writ
Hi,
has anyone considered the progress bar patch for cp and mv that I sent
about one month ago? I think it could be very useful while copying large
files (especially copying large files over NFS). I can make it better
if/when needed. I could also write something similar progress bar to
other utili
