pv for cygwin README file

==
pv
==

Pipe Viewer - is a terminal-based 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.

Additional support is available for multiple instances working in
tandem, to given a visual indicator of relative throughput in a
complex pipeline

See the man pages for a full list of features.
	man pv

Source homepage:    http://www.ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml
Source download:    http://www.ivarch.com/programs/sources/pv-1.4.12.tar.bz2
Author:             Andrew Wood <[email protected]>
Cygwin maintainer:	Aaron Schneider <[email protected]>
License:            Artistic License 2.0; see COPYING for details.
Version: x86

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Examples:

 To simulate typing
	echo "You can simulate on-screen typing just like in the movies" | pv -qL 10

 To view pipe transfer rate and size
	wget -qO - http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v1.0/linux-1.0.tar.gz | pv | gzip -d | pv  > /dev/null

 Limit the transfer rate and size of data over a pipe (100 MB at 3MBps)
	cat /dev/zero | pv -L 3m -Ss 100m > /dev/null

 More useful commands (URL)
	http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/matching/pv/cHY=/sort-by-votes

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Runtime requirements:
	cygwin
	libintl8
	libiconv2

Build requirements:
	binutils
	gcc
	gettext-devel
	libiconv
	make
	readline

Build script additional requirements:
	coreutils
	findutils
	cygport

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Compile with cygport
  cd /usr/src
  tar -jxvf pv-1.4.12-1-src.tar.bz2
	if you use setup to install this src package, it will be
	unpacked under /usr/src automatically.
  cygport pv-1.4.12-1.cygport all

This will create the following packages:
	/usr/src/pv-1.4.12-1.tar.bz2
	/usr/src/pv-1.4.12-1-src.tar.bz2
	/usr/src/pv-debuginfo-1.4.12-1.tar.bz2

Or use 'cygport pv-1.4.12-1.cygport prep' to create a patched source
directory.

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Manual compiling (from author's source code)
Extract, configure and build:
  cd /usr/src
  wget http://www.ivarch.com/programs/sources/pv-1.4.12.tar.bz2
  tar -jxvf pv-1.4.12.tar.bz2
  cd pv-1.4.12
  ./configure
  make

Install:
  make install

Uninstall:
  make uninstall

Clean the sources:
  make clean

When compiling from source doc folder is not installed.

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Package creation (for the first time)
	Based on http://cygwin.com/setup.html

Download and extract original author's source code
  cd /usr/src
  wget http://www.ivarch.com/programs/sources/pv-1.4.12.tar.bz2
  mkdir origsrc src
  tar -jxf pv-1.4.12.tar.bz2 -C origsrc
  tar -jxf pv-1.4.12.tar.bz2 -C src
  mkdir -p ./src/pv-1.4.12/CYGWIN-PATCHES/

Create a README, a setup.hint and pv-1.4.12-1.cygport files in unix format
  pv-1.4.12-1.cygport
  src/pv-1.4.12/CYGWIN-PATCHES/setup.hint
  src/pv-1.4.12/CYGWIN-PATCHES/README

Make any other change that you consider necessary to src folder contents

Create a patch to compare origsrc and src folders
  diff -Nrup origsrc src > pv-1.4.12-1.cygwin.patch

Add any other patches to PATCH_URI in cygport file. Collisions must be avoided.

Create all the packages with cygport
  cygport pv-1.4.12-1.cygport all

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Files included in the binary package:

 usr/bin/pv.exe
 usr/share/doc/Cygwin/pv.README
 usr/share/doc/pv/README
 usr/share/doc/pv/README.Cygwin
 usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/pv.mo
 usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/pv.mo
 usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/pv.mo
 usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/pv.mo
 usr/share/man/man1/pv.1.gz

Files included in the source package:

 pv-1.4.12-1.cygport
 pv-1.4.12-1.cygwin.patch
 pv-1.4.12.tar.bz2

Files included in the debug package:
 usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/pv.exe.dbg
 usr/src/debug/pv-1.4.12-1/src/main/debug.c
 usr/src/debug/pv-1.4.12-1/src/main/help.c
 usr/src/debug/pv-1.4.12-1/src/main/main.c
 usr/src/debug/pv-1.4.12-1/src/main/options.c
 usr/src/debug/pv-1.4.12-1/src/main/remote.c
 usr/src/debug/pv-1.4.12-1/src/main/version.c
 usr/src/debug/pv-1.4.12-1/src/pv/cursor.c
 usr/src/debug/pv-1.4.12-1/src/pv/display.c
 usr/src/debug/pv-1.4.12-1/src/pv/file.c
 usr/src/debug/pv-1.4.12-1/src/pv/loop.c
 usr/src/debug/pv-1.4.12-1/src/pv/number.c
 usr/src/debug/pv-1.4.12-1/src/pv/signal.c
 usr/src/debug/pv-1.4.12-1/src/pv/state.c
 usr/src/debug/pv-1.4.12-1/src/pv/transfer.c

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Known bugs:

*	The -c option does not work properly on Cygwin without cygserver running,
	if started near the bottom of the screen (IPC is needed to handle the
	terminal scrolling). To fix this, start cygserver before using pv -c.

*	The -R option is not available on Cygwin without cygserver running
	(SYSV IPC is needed). To fix this, start cygserver before running the
	instance of pv you want, at runtime, to change the parameters of.

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Cygwin version history:  (For a list of changes in upstream releases,
see http://www.ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml)

1.4.12-1:
* pv version 1.4.12
* Changed build requirements from gcc-4 to simply gcc
* Changed in cygport from CC=gcc-4 to simply CC=gcc and CXX=g++-4 to simply CXX=g++
* Removed previous patch pv-1.4.4-R-man-cyg.patch because the source code is already patched.
* First version to have both x86 and x86_64.

1.4.4-1:
* pv version 1.4.4
* Removed --disable-ipc from CYGCONF_ARGS in cygport file because now pv can run without cygserver.
* Added patch pv-1.4.4-R-man-cyg.patch to display a warning in the man page in the BUGS section about the
	usage of -R option with Cygwin.

1.3.9-2:
* Added --disable-ipc to CYGCONF_ARGS in cygport file

1.3.9-1:
* pv version 1.3.9

1.3.4-1:
* pv version 1.3.4
* First upstream release
* First Cygwin maintainer