On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 04:08:27 +0200, David Prager Branner wrote: > When a large backup is taking place, Tarsnap shows no signs of life. I've > been using the -v option as a way of making sure it's alive and active. But > I wonder if there isn't some less time-consuming way of letting it tell me > that it's work ??? a slow-updating activity bar or something of that sort. > > Thanks. > > - dpb
Does SIGINFO/SIGUSR1 do what you need? See tarsnap(1).
