From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 24 11:36:44 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 1233) id A6347106567A; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:36:44 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:36:44 +0000 From: Alexander Best To: Andy Farkas Message-ID: <20100824113644.GA81268@freebsd.org> References: <201008240230.o7O2U4aR098753@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/144531: [patch] cp(1) show percentage complete X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:36:44 -0000 On Tue Aug 24 10, Andy Farkas wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Alexander Best wrote: > > >  i don't think the original patch you submitted will be accepted by any > >  developer since it breaks the behaviour of `cp -v`. you might want to add a new > >  switch to trigger the extra output from your patch. just be sure you don't use > >  any switch that's already taken by POSIX [1]. > > Any chance of `cp -vv` -> `be more verbose`? that would be an option or using a completely dfferent switch (like -V e.g.). the problem is not tech related, but community related. if anybody feels `cp` needs this patch, he/she should start a discussion on one of the mailinglists i mentiooned beforehand. cheers. alex > > -andyf > > ps. I've been using this patch for some time and think it quite useful during > interactive work. -- a13x