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List:       busybox
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] Support for '-v' argument for gzip and bzip2
From:       Bartosz_Gołaszewski <bartekgola () gmail ! com>
Date:       2013-05-27 11:48:07
Message-ID: CAFdkumi3B+RsLkpjqe7f-DHaAQF1dOLwD5a6GarPabYbiWt_Og () mail ! gmail ! com
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2013/5/16 Bartosz Go=B3aszewski <bartekgola@gmail.com>:
> 2013/5/15 Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>:
>> On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Bartosz Go=B3aszewski
>> <bartekgola@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I have added support for '-v' argument for gzip, gunzip, bzip2 and
>>> bunzip2. The change is only available if ENABLE_DESKTOP is set.
>>>
>>> Currently there's no verbose output if input data for these applets is
>>> fed to their stdin (i.e. cat file.txt | busybox gzip -v >
>>> file.txt.gz). I plan on adding this feature, as well as '-v' support
>>> for zcat an bzcat if this patch gets accepted.
>>
>> Can you describe why did you need to add this feature?
>
> My personal reason for wanting to have this included is a script I
> have to port to a busybox-based system. This script greps through a
> text file (hence the patch for bug 4520 I have submitted) and requires
> verbose output from gzip and bzip2 for statistical purposes i.e. to
> estimate the percentage of saved space.
>
> Nevertheless, it's also marked as TODO in archival/grep.c, so I
> thought it would be useful.
>
> Best Regards,
> Bartosz Go=B3aszewski

Hi Denys,

any chance of having this included?

--
Best Regards,
Bartosz Go=B3aszewski
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