Commit Graph
69 Commits
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Andrew Wood 0a27a85b4a Update the copyright years. 2026-03-07 23:20:20 +00:00
Andrew Wood e17f64fce7 Allow "--size @dir" to read the size of all files under "dir" (#179). 2026-03-07 22:23:10 +00:00
Andrew Wood 4df6fbf6f7 Mention that the --query PID needs to be owned by the same user (#101). 2025-10-23 22:02:59 +01:00
Andrew Wood a2191ff270 Mention --query where --remote was mentioned, since it has the same requirements (#101). 2025-10-21 23:01:46 +01:00
Andrew Wood 3f1782a573 Draft manual entry, help text, and option parsing for "--query" option (#101). 2025-10-20 21:17:59 +01:00
Andrew Wood 493634e26c Cover more of the features in the description. 2025-10-17 23:49:08 +01:00
Andrew Wood e59452d765 Add a note describing the apparent lack of output file growth during transfer of null bytes with --sparse (#45). 2025-10-16 21:13:43 +01:00
Andrew Wood 023cf22a59 Add --sparse / -O to the manual, to --help, and to option processing (#45). 2025-10-13 21:26:24 +01:00
Andrew Wood e6f611f4de Adjust formatting. 2025-10-04 20:27:24 +01:00
Andrew Wood bd4ca7301c Document the new "=NAME" (#95) and "@FILE" (#12) syntax for --watchfd options. 2025-10-04 20:17:46 +01:00
Andrew Wood c688987087 Adjust the --watchfd documentation to say that multiple PID/PID:FD arguments are allowed (#12). 2025-09-25 06:21:55 +01:00
Andrew Wood 283bafa228 Word wrap update from auto generation. 2025-07-26 14:58:02 +01:00
Andrew Wood e6638faffc New shorter home page URL. 2025-05-31 15:21:56 +01:00
Andrew Wood 5423ae40d6 Removed www. prefix from ivarch.com URL. 2025-02-19 23:18:56 +00:00
Andrew Wood 2de68acfea Remove the bug reporting email address. 2025-02-19 21:55:28 +00:00
Andrew Wood 71e29b7388 Adjust project URL. 2025-02-19 20:42:22 +00:00
Andrew Wood 6ef23916f0 Adjust formatting of indented paragraphs. 2025-01-25 21:38:26 +00:00
Andrew Wood a552fc5329 Document the use of "--numeric" with "--format". 2025-01-25 21:28:33 +00:00
Andrew Wood 7d6c7d0735 Copyright note update for 2025. 2025-01-03 16:11:08 +00:00
Andrew Wood 3c09b31f92 Add colour code support with a %{sgr:...} format sequence. 2024-12-15 23:25:20 +00:00
Andrew Wood 8fa9df6e7a New --bar-style option; replace "default" with "plain" or with a lookup against the selected default, as appropriate. 2024-12-14 00:06:30 +00:00
Andrew Wood e3382b1a62 Document the %{bar-*} format sequences. 2024-12-13 23:15:08 +00:00
Andrew Wood 2a93e33d38 Add a rate-limiting example. 2024-12-11 21:40:08 +00:00
Andrew Wood 5efd4d045f Adjust the way the leading space is formatted, to better translate to Markdown. 2024-12-10 23:10:57 +00:00
Andrew Wood 0516ba53bd Remove the example with "dialog" and add a more usual use case with tar. 2024-12-10 23:08:00 +00:00
Andrew Wood 1d76c0bc64 Permit decimals with suffix for --size, --rate-limit, --buffer-size, and --error-skip-block (#35); and document the types of numbers allowed in the manual. 2024-12-10 22:09:32 +00:00
Andrew Wood 73bc1ab139 Classify --watchfd and --remote as "alternative operating modes" rather than "data transfer modifiers" since they change the way PV runs entirely. 2024-12-10 21:05:59 +00:00
Andrew Wood 35fdb331e4 Add a leading space to the exit status codes, for readability. 2024-12-10 21:01:38 +00:00
Andrew Wood 0e24c9f453 Use long options in examples where it makes sense to do so, for readability. 2024-12-10 20:56:25 +00:00
Andrew Wood ad54067b48 Note that --watchfd works on macOS as well as Linux, and correct the capitalisation of macOS elsewhere. 2024-12-10 20:50:53 +00:00
Andrew Wood e99a58b430 Remove the SY macros from the manual since they are not universally supported, and replace the technically correct and complete, but user-hostile, synopsis with a simplified version that lists the main modes of operation. 2024-12-10 20:44:43 +00:00
Andrew Wood fb2e6b4074 New "--format" sequences "{progress-bar-only}" and "{progress-amount-only}". 2024-12-08 20:13:33 +00:00
Andrew Wood 57149c2d03 Add long names to format sequences, such as "%{rate}". 2024-12-08 17:16:02 +00:00
Andrew Wood 3d52919411 Remove the caveat about only specifying "%p" once, as it can now be used more than once. 2024-12-07 23:26:12 +00:00
Andrew Wood 619a84949f New format sequence "%nL" to display the most recently written line (#121). 2024-12-07 23:12:41 +00:00
Andrew Wood 70f2f9f1b7 Minor wording update. 2024-12-02 17:46:26 +00:00
Andrew Wood 503a559b2a Move "--extra-display" and "--stats" to the "Output modifiers" section, since they are not really display switches that directly affect the terminal progress display. 2024-12-02 17:36:16 +00:00
Andrew Wood d7d87fed76 Restructure and reformat the manual to be more in line with man-pages(7), with some small wording changes; move -8 and -k to the modifiers section rather than display switches; adjust "--help" output to report the options in the same order the manual lists them. 2024-12-02 00:02:18 +00:00
Andrew Wood dccc7345ab New option "--extra-display" (#3, #4). 2024-12-01 19:39:59 +00:00
Andrew Wood 0d63932eab Consistently quote the "-" characters where used for options. 2024-10-15 21:10:27 +01:00
Andrew Wood bb6c120691 Replace "zero byte" with "null byte" as per man-pages style guide. 2024-10-15 21:07:04 +01:00
Andrew Wood e657f745f4 Add back the simplest synopsis line. 2024-10-15 21:04:01 +01:00
Andrew Wood 9a1c9173a3 More specific option groups in the synopsis. 2024-10-14 23:37:18 +01:00
Andrew Wood 84651210e6 Manual formatting fix. 2024-10-14 22:46:38 +01:00
Andrew Wood 054183b73a Provide a complete synopsis. 2024-10-14 22:28:05 +01:00
Andrew Wood d0612752f0 Use the right macros for examples and URLs. 2024-10-14 22:02:22 +01:00
Andrew Wood 51de6abbed Formatting correction. 2024-10-14 21:48:44 +01:00
Andrew Wood 94f4a239cc Document the zsh 5.8 issue from #105 in the manual. 2024-10-14 21:46:01 +01:00
Andrew Wood d9a0041870 New --store-and-forward option (#100), including refactoring several areas to allow PV to run in two passes, and the ability to look at the output pipe buffer utilisation to more accurately reflect the total data transferred to the receiving end, rather than just the total amount written to the output buffer. 2024-10-05 16:21:59 +01:00
Andrew Wood c548d1f2d8 Add a "--gauge" option which alters the progress bar to show the current rate as a percentage of the max rate seen, if the size is unknown (#46). 2024-10-04 22:15:14 +01:00