qvm-copy-to-vm2 doesn't inform the user when the copy operation is complete

[marmarek]

Reported by joanna on 29 Mar 2011 13:03 UTC
In other words, the user has no idea when the transfer completed...

Migrated-From: https://wiki.qubes-os.org/ticket/161

[marmarek]

Comment by rafal on 30 Mar 2011 14:15 UTC
qvm-copy-to-vm2 does not actually perform copying - it just signals qrexec-agent to do it. Thus, it has no idea when the transfer is done.

We would need another script, e.g. qvm-copy-to-vm2-with-status, that will poll qfile-agent for status/progress of the transfer. It can even print a text progress indicator, say print "XXX/YYY MB done"- the same way that GUI (qvm-copy-to-vm2.kde) does.

What should be the name of the script ? Should it provide text progress ?

[marmarek]

Comment by rafal on 30 Mar 2011 14:15 UTC
qvm-copy-to-vm2 does not actually perform copying - it just signals qrexec-agent to do it. Thus, it has no idea when the transfer is done.

We would need another script, e.g. qvm-copy-to-vm2-with-status, that will poll qfile-agent for status/progress of the transfer. It can even print a text progress indicator, say print "XXX/YYY MB done"- the same way that GUI (qvm-copy-to-vm2.kde) does.

What should be the name of the script ? Should it provide text progress ?

[marmarek]

Comment by joanna on 30 Mar 2011 14:17 UTC
The name should be qvm-copy-to-vm (without also the confusing 2). Just that if we wanted to use it from some other tool (GUI action script), then we should use the same script with just some special switches.

[marmarek]

Comment by joanna on 30 Mar 2011 14:17 UTC
The name should be qvm-copy-to-vm (without also the confusing 2). Just that if we wanted to use it from some other tool (GUI action script), then we should use the same script with just some special switches.

[marmarek]

Comment by rafal on 30 Mar 2011 15:29 UTC
Implemented in http://git.qubes-os.org/?p=rafal/core.git;a=commit;h=7753d26dd826d00b5b04f15de80e10aa7f72e402

[marmarek]

Comment by rafal on 30 Mar 2011 15:29 UTC
Implemented in http://git.qubes-os.org/?p=rafal/core.git;a=commit;h=7753d26dd826d00b5b04f15de80e10aa7f72e402