Ben Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> tar should show a progress bar (percent done) as it works. not only
> would people know the util was busy working but when using ssh through
> firewalls it would help the firewall not timeout and thus not
> disconnect users.

In my opinion it should not display any unneded output, unless requested
to do so. If you wish to trace its progress, use options -v, -R and
--checkpoint.

Regards,
Sergey


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