FAQ: add progress-bar question for cp,mv,dd

[Assaf Gordon]

Hello,

Related to: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2015-08/msg00036.html

What do you think about the following wording for a new FAQ entry:
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Q.
Please add progress bar to cp/mv/dd

A.
Progress bar for cp,mv commands has been deemed unwarranted.
see
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rejected_requests.html#cp";>reject 
requests for cp</a>
and <a 
href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2015-08/msg00036.html";>previous 
discussions</a>.

The recommended way to copy files with progress information is to use 
`rsync` :

  $ rsync -P srcfile dstfile

For dd, starting coreutils version 8.24 (released on July 2015) dd has a 
new option `status=progress` to print progress information. See
<a href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2015-07/msg00056.html";>short 
tutorial</a>
and
<a 
href="http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=af2a4ed22594badd2719c0123441d69b17bd8328";>commit</a>.
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Also,
Attached is a small patch for the FAQ html page, to add anchors to the 
program sections (this way we can point to the specific program's 
rejected ideas).

regards,
 - assaf

rejected-requests-add-anchors.patch
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