[feature request]: progress indicator

[markfaine]

fixuid can sometimes be rather slow, leaving the user wondering what's wrong, often they will then try to cancel out of the command. Can we have some sort of indicator to let the user know that permissions are being changed in the container?

[caleblloyd]

It does print out which files it is changing permissions for when it encounters a file that needs permissions changed, so long as you don't use the -q flag to silence the output

It is slow if you are walking large container filesystems. If that's the case, a better thing to do would be to point fixuid to only scan the paths where it may encounter files that need UIDs changed

That can be accomplished through using the paths: array in the config:

https://github.com/boxboat/fixuid#specify-paths-and-behavior-across-devices

[markfaine]

Thank you. I was using the q flag so that explains it. I am already using the paths array too. Thanks!

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On Oct 14, 2020, 16:29, Caleb Lloyd wrote: It does print out which files it is changing permissions for when it encounters a file that needs permissions changed, so long as you don't use the -q flag to silence the output It is slow if you are walking large container filesystems. If that's the case, a better thing to do would be to point fixuid to only scan the paths where it may encounter files that need UIDs changed That can be accomplished through using the paths: array in the config: https://github.com/boxboat/fixuid#specify-paths-and-behavior-across-devices — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, [view it on GitHub](#31 (comment)), or [unsubscribe](https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAHH5PINWDBOGGCVDINGHT3SKYJ2FANCNFSM4SRATY6A).