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## Advanced Copy ##
Advanced Copy is a mod for the GNU cp and GNU mv tools which adds a progress
bar and provides some info on what's going on. It was written by Florian Zwicke
and released under the GPL.
Advanced Copy is a mod for the GNU cp and GNU mv tools which adds a progress bar and provides some info on what's going on. It was written by Florian Zwicke and released under the GPL.
This repository exists because the original website
(http://beatex.org/web/advancedcopy.html) appears to be dead. You can still
find it via the Internet Archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/20131115171331/http://beatex.org/web/advancedcopy.html
This repository exists because the [Advanced Copy](http://beatex.org/web/advancedcopy.html) website appears to be dead. You can still find it via the [Internet Archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20131115171331/http://beatex.org/web/advancedcopy.html).
advcpmv-0.5-8.21.patch was the last patch released by the author (on February
14, 2013). advcpmv-0.6-8.24.patch (and following) are simply a rebase of that on top of the 8.24
version of coreutils.
advcpmv-0.5-8.21.patch was the last patch released by the author (on February 14, 2013). advcpmv-0.6-8.24.patch (and following) are simply a rebase of that on top of the 8.24 version of coreutils.
## Build instructions
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### Change your behaviour
You can install the binaries and use `cpg -g` and `mvg -g` instead of cp and mv
```
sudo mv ./src/cp /usr/local/bin/cpg
sudo mv ./src/mv /usr/local/bin/mvg
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### Alias
You can install the binaries and create aliases for bash (or whatever you use)
```
sudo mv ./src/cp /usr/local/bin/advcp
sudo mv ./src/mv /usr/local/bin/advmv
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## Upstream merge
I sent the patch to the team, that maintains the GNU CoreUtils.
They won't merge this patch, because mv and cp are feature complete.
I sent the patch to the team, that maintains the GNU CoreUtils. They won't merge this patch, because mv and cp are feature complete.