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Re: non-verbose ways to make sure Tarsnap is running
- To: David Prager Branner <brannerchinese@gmail.com>
- Subject: Re: non-verbose ways to make sure Tarsnap is running
- From: Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com>
- Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:10:31 -0700
- Cc: tarsnap-users@tarsnap.com
- In-reply-to: <CAPwJMrPDfTGLKHdmr0HDx6XmK_8nMm-HeNw1nmwXwMPx25HW=Q@mail.gmail.com>
- References: <CAPwJMrPDfTGLKHdmr0HDx6XmK_8nMm-HeNw1nmwXwMPx25HW=Q@mail.gmail.com>
On 09/06/12 19:08, 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.
What do you mean by "time-consuming" exactly? Printing names of files is not
exactly CPU-intensive.
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Colin Percival
Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve
Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid