Re: Progress indicator for cp command

[Bob Proulx]

Seather wrote:
> Some time ago, I found information online somewhere (It might have been 
> the GNU mailing lists) about a patch for cp that adds a -D switch that 
> shows a progress indicator.

Have you considered using 'rsync' for that purpose?  It includes a
kitchen sink of options.

  rsync --progress file1 file2

> I was trying to check the mailing list archives, but the links were dead 
> (returned 500).

This just came up in another thread.  The hostnames changed from
mail.gnu.org to lists.gnu.org.  You did not say where your links
pointed.  But I believe Paul just fixed the web page on www.gnu.org.

> Any idea where I will be able to find this patch or information on this?

Perhaps these will be of interest:

Subject: New utility pb (patch included)
  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2004-02/msg00071.html

Subject: copy.c: progress info
  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2003-12/msg00094.html

Bob