| author | Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org> | 2026-08-08 00:10:23 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org> | 2026-08-08 00:10:46 +0000 |
| commit | fd79bf63442eefd2c3bfb695a377dbd705f5cc6d (patch) | |
| tree | 543a0424c357c7d08cd72f3b186ebf4fab852dfd | |
| parent | 4c4bad4421fb1a300178767f71215cc5f5e0bfb6 (diff) | |
du: Print progress information to stderrHEADmain
* On SIGINFO, print the current path to stderr rather than stdout. * Do so immediately, instead of the next time we finish a directory. * Document this behavior in the manual page. PR: 296861 MFC after: 1 week Fixes: d1588599c024 ("Report the next directory being scanned ...") Reviewed by: wollman Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D58702
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/du/du.1 | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/du/du.c | 8 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/du/du.1 b/usr.bin/du/du.1
index db77fb276fe2..fb2b9adafdaa 100644
--- a/usr.bin/du/du.1
+++ b/usr.bin/du/du.1
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd June 9, 2026
+.Dd August 7, 2026
.Dt DU 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -195,6 +195,16 @@ and
.Fl Fl si
options all override each other; the last one specified determines
the block counts used.
+.Pp
+If
+.Nm
+receives a
+.Dv SIGINFO
+(see the
+.Cm status
+argument for
+.Xr stty 1 )
+signal, the current file will be written to the standard error output.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width BLOCKSIZE
.It Ev BLOCKSIZE
diff --git a/usr.bin/du/du.c b/usr.bin/du/du.c
index bf138b1b5e36..47ed3c840d5a 100644
--- a/usr.bin/du/du.c
+++ b/usr.bin/du/du.c
@@ -270,6 +270,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
xo_open_container("disk-usage-information");
xo_open_list("paths");
for (errno = 0; (p = fts_read(fts)) != NULL; errno = 0) {
+ if (info) {
+ info = 0;
+ (void)fprintf(stderr, "\t%s\n", p->fts_path);
+ }
switch (p->fts_info) {
case FTS_D: /* Ignore. */
if (ignorep(p))
@@ -284,10 +288,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
if (p->fts_level <= depth && check_threshold(p))
print_file_size(p);
- if (info) {
- info = 0;
- (void)printf("\t%s\n", p->fts_path);
- }
break;
case FTS_DC: /* Ignore. */
break;