[plug] monitor file copy

Leon Brooks leon at brooks.fdns.net
Mon Mar 25 22:13:03 WST 2002


On Monday 25 March 2002 22:06, Robert Andrews wrote:
> How do I monitor the progress of a large file copy from one comp to my
> linux box
> the copy is from a smbmount directory
> i.e cp /mnt/client/large.avi /home/videos
> Is there a function for cp like ### for progress marks.

Try `man cp' and find out. You're `old' enough to know that! (-:

Also try man dd to see if it has progress reporting. It should be at least as 
efficient for copying single files, especially large ones.

Cheers; Leon



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