On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Henrik Juul Pedersen <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi Lokesh, > > On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 5:30 AM, Lokesh Walase <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> I am interested in adding "progress bar" feature to "cp" and "mv" >> commands. >> For this I downloaded the latest source code GNU-coreutils-8.21. >> >> > A progress bar is somewhat intrusive to the copy command, but patches and > tools exist already. I've created a patch for cp together with a friend, > which is maintained at: > https://bitbucket.org/henrikjuul/icp > > Also, we got our inspiration from a patch which was not maintained at the > time of our patch, it has, however, now reappeared for coreutils 8.21: > http://zwicke.org/web/advancedcopy.html > Thanks a lot Henrik for the links, I tried the 2nd link ( because it had "pre-compiled binaries" ) and its working a treat !! Really wondering why is this not pushed in the coreutils by the maintainers. > > Best regards, > Henrik Juul Pedersen > -- Lokesh Walase
