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 not to have a "progress _bar_" but just some kind of status indication. That is, something like this (the percent bit could actually be ditched): $ mv -v file1 file2 `file1' -> `file2' 50% [512/1024] ^^^ ^^^^ Amount to be copied/moved/removed. Amount copied/moved/removed. Just an idea for someone... _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils