Yes, I can confirm that --humanize-numbers does not affect the SIGINFO output.
I have added this as an issue:
https://github.com/Tarsnap/tarsnap/issues/164
I agree that it may be difficult to see progress with large files; it could
very plausibly display "2.1 GB / 3.0 GB" multiple times. But I think it's
less surpring to users if they see human output when they specified
--humanize-numbers, rather than human output for some numbers and raw output
for other numbers.
Cheers,
- Graham
On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 03:21:40PM +0100, Bob Eager wrote:
> Yes, but that doesn't affect the Control-T function (perhaps it
> should?).
>
> Control-T ought, however, to show if there is ANY progress - difficult
> if the numbers are humanized.
>
> On Mon, 06 Jun 2016 13:42:59 +0000
> Diego Veríssimo Lakatos <diegovlakatos@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello, I think that you are looking for the "--humanize-numbers"
> >
> > user@host:~$ sudo tarsnap --print-stats --humanize-numbers
> > Total size Compressed size
> > All archives 295 GB 220 GB
> > (unique data) 8.7 GB 6.4 GB
> >
> >
> >
> > Em sáb, 4 de jun de 2016 às 19:52, Sarah Alawami <marrie12@gmail.com>
> > escreveu:
> >
> > > I forgot what signal that sends to tarsnap but is there a way to
> > > humanize that set of numbers? I'm horrible with byte calculation. I
> > > can approximate to a point but still. Is there a way to make those
> > > numbers read a bit more friendly? With out giving the file name the
> > > example would be. 4456448 / 11044528 bytes)
> > >
> > > Is there a way to make that look better let's say kb or even mb?
> > > Depending on the number shown? I dunno if this would make
> > > tarsnap consume more memory especially on slower machines or what
> > > not. But just a thought.
> > >
> > > hope that helps a bit. Loving the program so far.
> > >
> > > Blessings and happy Saturday
> > >
>