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iDIEDaLONGtimeAGO

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Registered: 2009-07-27

Posts: 32

Display file copy speed

Is it posssible to display the speed and time remaining when copying/moving files & folders like u can in the full-blown DE's. Somehow it just psyches me up seeing a fast transfer speed. .
Thanks

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anonymous

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From: Arch Linux Forums

Registered: 2008-11-29

Posts: 9,418

Re: Display file copy speed

I *think* this is controlled by the File Manager not DE. I know Thunar shows time remaining within the progress bar.

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Mehall

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From: Scotland, Cold

Registered: 2009-01-17

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Re: Display file copy speed

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corenominal

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From: Lincoln, UK

Registered: 2008-11-20

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Re: Display file copy speed

I *think* this is controlled by the File Manager not DE. I know Thunar shows time remaining within the progress bar.

I think you are correct. I wonder whether this feature is going to be improved for future version of PCManFM?

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iDIEDaLONGtimeAGO

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Registered: 2009-07-27

Posts: 32

Re: Display file copy speed

So, to get what i want, i have to opt for nautilus.......hmmmmmmmmmm
I guess i can live without it .:)

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iggykoopa

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Registered: 2008-12-13

Posts: 1,486

Re: Display file copy speed

I believe thunar can do it as well. Also I've seen some bash scripts that can do it on the command line, I could try to clean one of those up if you use cp much. Here is an example one, I dont really recommend it because it's just a progress bar and doesn't handle spaces in file names.

#!/bin/bash
# File copy with progress indicators
# Example: ./test original_file destination_file

usage()
{
   echo "Usage: $0 original_file destination_file"
   exit 1;
}

test $# == 2 || usage

echo Preparing to copy
orig_size=$(stat -c %s $1)

>$2
dest_size=0
cp -f $1 $2 &

while [ $orig_size -gt $dest_size ] ; do
   dest_size=$(stat -c %s $2)
   pct=$((( 100 * $dest_size ) / $orig_size ))

if [ $pct -lt 10 ] ; then
   echo -en "#  $pct%\b\b\b\b"
else
   echo -en "#  $pct%\b\b\b\b\b"
fi
sleep 1
done
echo

if people are interested I would probably switch it to python and add transfer speed.

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iDIEDaLONGtimeAGO

Member

Registered: 2009-07-27

Posts: 32

Re: Display file copy speed

I believe thunar can do it as well. Also I've seen some bash scripts that can do it on the command line, I could try to clean one of those up if you use cp much. Here is an example one, I dont really recommend it because it's just a progress bar and doesn't handle spaces in file names.

#!/bin/bash
# File copy with progress indicators
# Example: ./test original_file destination_file

usage()
{
   echo "Usage: $0 original_file destination_file"
   exit 1;
}

test $# == 2 || usage

echo Preparing to copy
orig_size=$(stat -c %s $1)

>$2
dest_size=0
cp -f $1 $2 &

while [ $orig_size -gt $dest_size ] ; do
   dest_size=$(stat -c %s $2)
   pct=$((( 100 * $dest_size ) / $orig_size ))

if [ $pct -lt 10 ] ; then
   echo -en "#  $pct%\b\b\b\b"
else
   echo -en "#  $pct%\b\b\b\b\b"
fi
sleep 1
done
echo

if people are interested I would probably switch it to python and add transfer speed.

everyway in which u help is welcome. Interestingly, i just felt that moving files via pcman was signifantly faster  than nautilus or even thunar. The only reason i want a speed display is because i tend to open up a lot of things and so i can easily make out when im slowing the file operations down. And i have to transfer a lot of photos and videos almost everyday, so it is tedious task

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