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Re: non-verbose ways to make sure Tarsnap is running



On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 04:08:27 +0200, David Prager Branner wrote:
> When a large backup is taking place, Tarsnap shows no signs of life. I've
> been using the -v option as a way of making sure it's alive and active. But
> I wonder if there isn't some less time-consuming way of letting it tell me
> that it's work ??? a slow-updating activity bar or something of that sort.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> - dpb

Does SIGINFO/SIGUSR1 do what you need? See tarsnap(1).