Bug#593260: ITP: bar -- Show information about a data transfer

2010-08-19 Thread Georges Khaznadar
Hello Michael, Michael Peek a écrit : > I had no idea that pv existed. I took a look at it, and they are > very similar. > > There are a few things that bar offers over pv: > - ANSI color support > - Configurable progress bar characters In the manpage I only found the option display-twiddle abo

Bug#593260: ITP: bar -- Show information about a data transfer

2010-08-18 Thread Michael Peek
I had no idea that pv existed. I took a look at it, and they are very similar. There are a few things that bar offers over pv: - ANSI color support - Configurable progress bar characters - Configurable I/O select() timeout - Ability to use configuration file(s) - Displaying of additional blocks

Bug#593260: ITP: bar -- Show information about a data transfer

2010-08-16 Thread Georges Khaznadar
Thank you for all the feedback about pv (and bar). I shall close this bugreport and I won't upload bar. Best regards, Georges. Don Armstrong a écrit : > On Mon, 16 Aug 2010, Georges Khaznadar wrote: > > Don Armstrong a écrit : > > > [as a handfull of other vigilant developers]

Bug#593260: ITP: bar -- Show information about a data transfer

2010-08-16 Thread Georges Khaznadar
Lars Wirzenius a écrit : > I haven't tried bar, but from the description it looks very similar to > pv. As far as I care, both are welcome in Debian, but sometimes it is > sensible to ask if duplicate tools to do the same thing are a good idea. Bar is sufficiently close to pv in terms of functionn

Bug#593260: ITP: bar -- Show information about a data transfer

2010-08-16 Thread Lars Wirzenius
Dropped debian-devel from the Cc list. On ma, 2010-08-16 at 21:57 +0200, Georges Khaznadar wrote: > with bar, the replacement would be: > bar -s 4G -if someImageFile -of > /dev/disk/by-id/usb-TheNiceStick_0878101B77D1D977-0:0 pv -petrb someImageFile > /dev/disk/... (Or pipe to sudo dd of=/dev/d

Bug#593260: ITP: bar -- Show information about a data transfer

2010-08-16 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 16 Aug 2010, Georges Khaznadar wrote: > Don Armstrong a écrit : > > [as a handfull of other vigilant developers] > > How does this [bar] differ from pv? > > I used Michael Peek's bar for a few years because I never heard > about pv. Thank you for this notice. No problem.[1] > Is pv able

Bug#593260: ITP: bar -- Show information about a data transfer

2010-08-16 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Georges Khaznadar] > Is pv able to do the same? for example how can I use pv to monitor the > transfer which is done by modifying a command such as: > > dd if=someImageFile of=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-TheNiceStick_0878101B77D1D977-0:0 pv < someImageFile > /dev/disk/by-id/usb-TheNiceStick_0878101B77D

Bug#593260: ITP: bar -- Show information about a data transfer

2010-08-16 Thread Georges Khaznadar
Don Armstrong a écrit : > [as a handfull of other vigilant developers] > How does this [bar] differ from pv? h... I used Michael Peek's bar for a few years because I never heard about pv. Thank you for this notice. When I read pv's manpage, it appears as more featureful than bar. I use curr

Bug#593260: ITP: bar -- Show information about a data transfer

2010-08-16 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 16 Aug 2010, Georges Khaznadar wrote: > Bar is a simple tool to process a stream of data and print a display for > the user on stderr showing (a) the amount of data passed, (b) the > throughput of the data transfer, and, if the total size of the data stream > is known, (c) estimat

Bug#593260: ITP: bar -- Show information about a data transfer

2010-08-16 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ma, 2010-08-16 at 20:36 +0200, Georges Khaznadar wrote: > Bar is a simple tool to process a stream of data and print a display for > the user on stderr showing (a) the amount of data passed, (b) the > throughput of the data transfer, and, if the total size of the data stream > is known,

Bug#593260: ITP: bar -- Show information about a data transfer

2010-08-16 Thread Georges Khaznadar
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Georges Khaznadar * Package name: bar Version : 1.10.9 Upstream Author : Michael Peek * URL : http://clpbar.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL-2 Programming Lang: C Description : Show information about a data tran