taskSavannah Administration - Tasks: task #7961, Submission of Extendedutils

 
 

task #7961: Submission of Extendedutils

Submitter:  phani jeevan <phanijeevan>
Submitted:  Thu 17 Apr 2008 09:35:51 AM UTC
   
 
Should Start On:  Thu 17 Apr 2008 12:00:00 AM UTC Should be Finished on:  Sun 27 Apr 2008 12:00:00 AM UTC
Category:  Project Approval Priority:  * 5 - Normal
Status:  Cancelled Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  Beuc Open/Closed:  Closed
* Mandatory Fields

Add a New Comment Rich Markup
   

Sun 04 May 2008 01:40:44 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Apparently this is a duplicate of task #7945
I'm closing it.

Sylvain Beucler <Beuc>
Thu 17 Apr 2008 09:35:51 AM UTC, original submission:  

A new project has been registered at Savannah
This project account will remain inactive until a site admin approves or discards the registration.


Registration Administration


While this item will be useful to track the registration process, approving or discarding the registration must be done using the specific Group Administration page, accessible only to site administrators, effectively logged as site administrators (superuser):



Registration Details


  • Name: Extendedutils
  • System Name:  extendedutils
  • Type: non-GNU software & documentation
  • License: GNU General Public License v2 or later





Description:

Project Purpose: Enables end-user to work with the commands provided within this package,with ease.

Project Topic: "Extendedutils" package which is an extension for the GNU Coreutils adds useful metadata to the utilities and enhance their functionality.The project work meets GNU standards.

Programming Language: C, Perl

Below is the brief description of the commands provided withing in the package :

1)Renaming a file/directory:
Command Name - renm
Description- Unlike mv command ,renm renames a directory given the source path of the directory and just the new name, this new name is renamed within source path specified.
Renaming is done by giving suitable warnings to the user.

2. Search for a file/folder and delete it
Command Name-sdel
Description – This command allows the user to specify the name of the file/folder that one intends to remove. With the specified name, search is done in the given directory and if found deletes the file/folder recursively.

3. Sort the list by owner’s name
Command Name – ls --osort (an additional option to ls command)Description – With ls command an option can be used which allows the user to list the contents of its output sorted on the owner’s name.

4. Displaying the progress while copying
Command Name-cpprog
Description – Provides the user with the progress during copying, by displaying the progress of the content that has been copied as a percentage of the total content size that has to be copied.

5. Creating a backup for rm
Command Name- rm –b (An additional option for rm command)
Description – A backup option is provided for rm that creates a backup for the specified file/folder which is to be deleted. Backup is stored in a temporary folder and is cleared periodically. The user will be notified through a prompt, regarding the path of the backup folder.

6. Recursive Shredding of a folder
Command Name- rshred
Command Description –A new command will be provided, which shreds the folder recursively.

Two versions of the package will be released.The release details are as follows:

Release version : Extendedutils-0.1
Included Commands : sdel , renm , ls (with --osort option)

Release version : Extendedutils-1.0
Included Commands : sdel , renm , ls (with --osort option) ,rm (with -b option) , rshred ,cpprog

Release package will contain:
1) Source code
2) Makefile
3) Configure file
4) Readme File
5) Man Pages


Other Software Required:

"Extendedutils" has the dependencies that the Coreutils package has.
Coreutils Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Patch, Perl, Sed, and Texinfo


Tarball URL:

http://savannah.gnu.org/submissions_uploads/Extendedutils.tar.gz


phani jeevan <phanijeevan>

 

(Note: upload size limit is set to 16384 kB, after insertion of the required escape characters.)

Attach Files:
   
   
Comment:
   

No files currently attached

 

Depends on the following items: None found

Items that depend on this one: None found

 

Carbon-Copy List
  • -email is unavailable- added by Beuc (Posted a comment)
  • -email is unavailable- added by phanijeevan (Submitted the item)
  •  

    There are 0 votes so far. Votes easily highlight which items people would like to see resolved in priority, independently of the priority of the item set by tracker managers.

    Only logged-in users can vote.

     

    Follow 3 latest changes.

    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2008-05-04 Beuc StatusNone Cancelled
        Assigned toNone Beuc
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed

    Back to the top

    Powered by Savane 3.13-758e.
    Corresponding source code