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task #8220: Submission of Extended Utilities

Submitter:  Krishna Chaitanya <krischat1>
Submitted:  Sun 01 Jun 2008 06:09:38 PM UTC
   
 
Should Start On:  Sun 01 Jun 2008 12:00:00 AM UTC Should be Finished on:  Wed 11 Jun 2008 12:00:00 AM UTC
Category:  Project Approval Priority:  * 5 - Normal
Status:  Cancelled Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  alexshulgin Open/Closed:  Closed
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Mon 25 Aug 2008 07:44:32 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Closing this item, because there's a newer one with a full description.  https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?8221

Alexander Shulgin <alexshulgin>
Sun 01 Jun 2008 06:09:38 PM UTC, original submission:  

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Registration Details


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





Description:

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 (version earlier than 6.9 ), GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Patch, Perl, Sed, and Texinfo


Tarball URL:

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


Krishna Chaitanya <krischat1>

 

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