Just an idea, but perhaps ^T could display something along the lines of "2.1
GB / 3.0 GB (2100123456 / 3000123456)" if --humanize-numbers is specified.

On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Graham Percival <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Yes, I can confirm that --humanize-numbers does not affect the SIGINFO
> output.
>
> I have added this as an issue:
>
> https://github.com/Tarsnap/tarsnap/issues/164
>
>
>
> I agree that it may be difficult to see progress with large files; it could
>
> very plausibly display "2.1 GB / 3.0 GB" multiple times.  But I think it's
>
> less surpring to users if they see human output when they specified
>
> --humanize-numbers, rather than human output for some numbers and raw
> output
>
> for other numbers.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Graham
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 03:21:40PM +0100, Bob Eager wrote:
>
> > Yes, but that doesn't affect the Control-T function (perhaps it
>
> > should?).
>
> >
>
> > Control-T ought, however, to show if there is ANY progress - difficult
>
> > if the numbers are humanized.
>
> >
>
> > On Mon, 06 Jun 2016 13:42:59 +0000
>
> > Diego Veríssimo Lakatos <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
>
> > > Hello, I think that you are looking for the "--humanize-numbers"
>
> > >
>
> > > user@host:~$ sudo tarsnap --print-stats --humanize-numbers
>
> > >                                        Total size  Compressed size
>
> > > All archives                               295 GB           220 GB
>
> > >   (unique data)                            8.7 GB           6.4 GB
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > > Em sáb, 4 de jun de 2016 às 19:52, Sarah Alawami <[email protected]>
>
> > > escreveu:
>
> > >
>
> > > > I forgot what signal that sends to tarsnap but is there a way to
>
> > > > humanize that set of numbers? I'm horrible with byte calculation. I
>
> > > > can approximate to a point but still. Is there a way to make those
>
> > > > numbers read a bit more friendly? With out giving the file name the
>
> > > > example would be. 4456448 / 11044528 bytes)
>
> > > >
>
> > > > Is there a way to make that look better let's say kb or even mb?
>
> > > > Depending on the number shown? I dunno if this would make
>
> > > > tarsnap consume more memory especially on slower machines or what
>
> > > > not. But just a thought.
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> > > >
>
> > > > hope that helps a bit. Loving the program so far.
>
> > > >
>
> > > > Blessings and happy Saturday
>
> > > >
>
> >
>



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Scott Robison

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