Hi, I am working on a patch to cp (and eventually mv) that provides a status output with speed and eta etc. This is standard with most gui file managers etc, but belongs in cp too. How many times have you stared wating for a long network copy, only to realise much later, that the server or network went down?
I know its got a long way to go before it is acceptable by GNU, (if it will be accepted at all). I just want some comments at this stage, I am still working on it. Oh. It patches against GNU fileutils 4.1 and is found here: http://cratos.ath.cx/~kza/cp.patch It is activated with the -o flag. I am posting here in case anyone wants to try this patch and can give me constructive criticism. Debate as to whether this belongs in GNU fileutils is also appreciated. Thanks Kurt
