Tag: progress bar

November 9, 2010

Using kill to display dd progress

How long has that dd process been running for now? Is it even doing anything? How long is it going to take? If you want dd to give you a progress update, then find out the process ID (PID) and then send the USR1 signal to it with kill -USR1 And dd will then print out the same records in/out,...

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July 3, 2010

Re-open an accidentally closed tab in Safari 5.0

Apple’s 5.0 release of the fantastic Safari web browser has introduced a feature I’ve been waiting for since discovering it several years ago in a somewhat unstable third party plugin who’s name escapes me and which has been in Firefox for some time – the ability to re-open an accidentally closed tab. When combined with the “Reopen Last Closed Window”...

Mac OS X Comment: 1