From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "BRAGA, Bruno" Subject: Re: Updates on "mv", "cp" commands Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 20:47:21 +0900 Message-ID: <86ca47940911010347v235b0642q140e50489c7c8259@mail.gmail.com> References: <86ca47940910310550s87a6140s377a3d752979037@mail.gmail.com> <86ca47940910311730ta75d2f3p56c3e65699c94696@mail.gmail.com> <87y6mq64wn.fsf@erwin.mina86.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ZtPq8Ns2FZwnzBMub73BZ34mWD4BELaMnI3ANp8d8DE=; b=W93TOzVZPeY0XaLrY4G8LZZBZ3BRMQaBIje7DtWXekbNFsmKs/gsuvlf0wpA4WXNak AbR0ZUNdRAPWVrgNL9qxDY5IlfQ92iJC70QTqyl4Me4qD2OjLKjn0HpUvApg/IxOL5cs DUZecUUI95MqRL57qCP4eQyFnArk1KQ5OSMvM= In-Reply-To: <87y6mq64wn.fsf@erwin.mina86.com> Sender: linux-console-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: Michal Nazarewicz Cc: linux-console@vger.kernel.org Thanks for the reply Michal. I will look into that (I found the source in GNU's source code, but I am still kinda lost on to whom should I ask stuff, lol). i will let you know if/when I get things done with the team there. Cheers, ****************************** Braga, Bruno http://www.brunobraga.net bruno.braga@gmail.com ******************************* "The future belongs to people who see possibilities before they become obvious!." -- Ted Levitt 2009/11/1 Michal Nazarewicz : > "BRAGA, Bruno" writes: >> I don't know if that's the place to post this question, but I am sur= e >> someone here will be able to give me hints on how to proceed. >> >> I would like to propose and patch improvements on the "mv" (move) an= d >> "cp" (copy) commands, by adding options for progress information. > > That's something I was wondering about some time ago myself. > >> The idea is that any GUI actions already do it graphically, and othe= r >> CLI applications, such as "rsync", have this as an extended option >> "--progress". This is handy for large files processing, for instance= =2E >> >> I looked for the code in the kernel source but I did not find any. I >> could find some sources on the GNU OS, but I am not sure if that's t= he >> right place (probably not). > > You won't find any sources of cp or mv in Linux source code because c= p > and mv commands are user space and as such they are not part of Linux > per se. > > If you are using some kind of GNU/Linux distribution the place to loo= k > is GNU coreutils package. =A0Consult gnu.org webpage for it's source = code > and information how to submit patches. > > -- > Best regards, =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 _ =A0 =A0 _ > =A0.o. | Liege of Serenly Enlightened Majesty of =A0 =A0 =A0o' \,=3D.= / `o > =A0..o | Computer Science, =A0Michal "mina86" Nazarewicz =A0 (o o) > =A0ooo +------ooO--(_)--Ooo-- > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-console= " in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html