Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:55:06 +0100 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/144531: [patch] cp(1) show percentage complete Message-ID: <20100824085506.000058d1@unknown> In-Reply-To: <201008240230.o7O2U4aR098753@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <201008240230.o7O2U4aR098753@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:30:04 GMT Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> wrote: > however personally i don't think that your patch will be committed > even with a new switch. `cp` has been the way it is for a very long > time and i don't think people want it to change. I believe there were even disagreements when a SIGINFO handler was added to 'cp' so you can press ^T to see the progress. Personally that's sufficient for me if I'm copying a large file. -- Bruce Cran
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