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From: Daniel Vrcic <daniel.vrcic@××××××××.hr>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Progress bar for cp?
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 00:12:49
Message-Id: 20061123200542.GB2759@ipanema.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Progress bar for cp? by Etaoin Shrdlu
1 * Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@×××××××××××××.org> [06-11-23 20:39]:
2 > On Thursday 23 November 2006 20:06, Daniel Vrcic wrote:
3 > > Yeah, I thought that too, but I don't get it, not even with -v. I've
4 > > tried to copy some really big files and directories recursively and
5 > > there's no progress bar showed. Quick look at a manpage mentions only
6 > > how to disable it (-q) but that's useless to me, isn't it? :) Any clue
7 > > what could be wrong?
8 > Well, scp does not have a real "progress bar" (ie, like wget), but only
9 > shows what the man page calls "progress meter" (percentage, size, speed
10 > and ETA indicators). Are you getting at least these indicators? or
11 > nothing at all?
12
13 Yeah, meter is a better term, but I still don't get it.
14
15 % du -h temp_dvds
16 1.9G temp_dvds
17 1.9G total
18 % scp -v -r temp_dvds temp_dvd_DUP
19 Executing: cp -r temp_dvds temp_dvd_DUP
20 %
21
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