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Right now the only way to measure CP's progress is by looking at how large the dest folder is ... There was a modified version of "cp" for 10.3: http://tylers-file-cmd.sourceforge.net/ And apparently various distros have had progress flags, but I couldn't see any status options in man cp.
And the most annoying thing is how you can both interpret "Replace" as "Replace the entire folder" as well as "Replace the files within the matching folder". Vista, while using a dialogue ten times larger, at least makes it DEAD obvious what it will do when you click one of its buttons, using the file names as examples and even offering file sizes, plus the ability to keep both. The only way to improve vista's would be if I could see a preview of the operations, and be able to switch things around, before clicking Start. This would be a more advanced mode, but at least then I would know for sure if it will do what I want it to, whatever that is.
Merge folders option when copying/moving
Wrote on April 18, 2009, 8:47am
Right now the only way to measure CP's progress is by looking at how large the dest folder is ... There was a modified version of "cp" for 10.3: http://tylers-file-cmd.sourceforge.net/ And apparently various distros have had progress flags, but I couldn't see any status options in man cp.
And the most annoying thing is how you can both interpret "Replace" as "Replace the entire folder" as well as "Replace the files within the matching folder". Vista, while using a dialogue ten times larger, at least makes it DEAD obvious what it will do when you click one of its buttons, using the file names as examples and even offering file sizes, plus the ability to keep both. The only way to improve vista's would be if I could see a preview of the operations, and be able to switch things around, before clicking Start. This would be a more advanced mode, but at least then I would know for sure if it will do what I want it to, whatever that is.