Re: Bug#593260: ITP: bar -- Show information about a data transfer

2010-08-16 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 16 Aug 2010, Georges Khaznadar wrote: > Don Armstrong a écrit : > > [as a handfull of other vigilant developers] > > How does this [bar] differ from pv? > > I used Michael Peek's bar for a few years because I never heard > about pv. Thank you for this notice. No problem.[1] > Is pv able

Re: Bug#593260: ITP: bar -- Show information about a data transfer

2010-08-16 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Georges Khaznadar] > Is pv able to do the same? for example how can I use pv to monitor the > transfer which is done by modifying a command such as: > > dd if=someImageFile of=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-TheNiceStick_0878101B77D1D977-0:0 pv < someImageFile > /dev/disk/by-id/usb-TheNiceStick_0878101B77D

Re: Bug#593260: ITP: bar -- Show information about a data transfer

2010-08-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
Georges Khaznadar, le Mon 16 Aug 2010 21:57:28 +0200, a écrit : > Is pv able to do the same? for example how can I use pv to monitor the > transfer which is done by modifying a command such as: > > dd if=someImageFile of=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-TheNiceStick_0878101B77D1D977-0:0 killall -USR1 dd Samu

Re: Bug#593260: ITP: bar -- Show information about a data transfer

2010-08-16 Thread Georges Khaznadar
Don Armstrong a écrit : > [as a handfull of other vigilant developers] > How does this [bar] differ from pv? h... I used Michael Peek's bar for a few years because I never heard about pv. Thank you for this notice. When I read pv's manpage, it appears as more featureful than bar. I use curr

Re: Bug#593260: ITP: bar -- Show information about a data transfer

2010-08-16 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 16 Aug 2010, Georges Khaznadar wrote: > Bar is a simple tool to process a stream of data and print a display for > the user on stderr showing (a) the amount of data passed, (b) the > throughput of the data transfer, and, if the total size of the data stream > is known, (c) estimat