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| author | Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> | 2021-10-04 02:47:34 +0200 |
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| committer | Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> | 2021-10-04 13:31:36 +0200 |
| commit | c206f6dda5b85b0bcd4d9158a977bb2f9e87bf6d (patch) | |
| tree | 2e76088fcf3124c6c2bb828f1fa17bb4b9fa779d /gnu | |
| parent | 4d5f7986d687f997ae8f1875cef36441e9bea035 (diff) | |
gnu: pv: Slightly expand description.
* gnu/packages/pv.scm (pv)[description]: Use @acronym{} mark-up and
mention the total data amount, progress bar, and other features from the
man page.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/pv.scm | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/pv.scm b/gnu/packages/pv.scm index db6c3dd669..3a38dbf53f 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/pv.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/pv.scm @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU ;;; Copyright © 2015 Claes Wallin <claes.wallin@greatsinodevelopment.com> +;;; Copyright © 2021 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> ;;; ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix. ;;; @@ -38,9 +39,10 @@ (home-page "https://www.ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml") (synopsis "Pipeline progress indicator") (description - "pv (Pipe Viewer) is a terminal-based tool for monitoring the progress + "@acronym{pv, Pipe Viewer} is a terminal tool for monitoring the progress of data through a pipeline. It can be inserted into any normal pipeline -between two processes to give a visual indication of how quickly data is -passing through, how long it has taken, how near to completion it is, and an -estimate of how long it will be until completion.") +between two processes. It gives a visual indication of how quickly data is +passing through, how much has been transferred and how near to completion it is +(with a progress bar), how long it has taken, and an estimate of the remaining +time before completion.") (license artistic2.0))) |