Copy command progress report option

[__philippe]

Quiz of the day :

Everyone and their brother knows about Win humble built-in file copy command, don't you ?
Course you do...

However,...unbeknownst (is that even a word ?) to the great unwashed masses (yours truly included, until very recently),
there is indeed a nifty, yet deplorably undocumented option to cajole said copy into displaying a progress count
as it goes merrily about its shifting business.

(kind of soothing to watch while waiting for a 995 MB file copy to complete on a slow machine, believe you me)

Anyone cares to venture the solution

[Midas]

What OS are we talking about, __philippe? My Windows Ten is doing this by default...

[__philippe]

Windows 10 ... Shock Horror ...Vade Retro, Satanas ...
(Sorry, @Midas, couldn't help it... )

Was thinking, more modestly, of a trusted CLI command switch under good ole Win XP
or even under Win 7, (to which I eventually graduated, a while ago, rest assured)

Anyway, here is my riddle' solution:

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 Copy /Z  

Despite /Z switch officially stated function "Copies networked files in restartable mode" ,
a nifty, undocumented side effect obligingly produces a running progress percentage count as well.

QED

[lintalist]

It always pays to check SS64 https://ss64.com/nt/copy.html where it is visible for all to see

[__philippe]

Thanks for the tip, @lintalist !

Much more comprehensive output indeed from https://ss64.com/nt/copy.html

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/Z   When this option is used, if the copy is interrupted part way through it will restart if possible
     and resume copying the remainder of the file on the next copy if /Z is used again.
     Also displays a '% complete' which counts up to 100%.

...compared to the overly terse and cryptic pronouncement returned by Win Copy /? (or Help Copy, for that matter)

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/Z  Copies networked files in restartable mode

[Midas]

I see... all is well that ends well then.

Oremus, brother __philippe...

[__philippe]

Oremus, Tu Quoque, brother @Midas

Quite a journey it was, from a pedestrian grasp of pitiful Win Copy /? Help, to the encyclopaedic knowledge
bestowed upon us, mere mortals, by the grace of brother @lintalist's https://ss64.com/nt/copy.html revelation,
for which we should be everlastingly indebted.

To conclude in the very spirit of your own "All's Well that ends Well" *, brother @Midas,
let's echo an old pal of mine, viz. Julius (Caesar) **, boldly trumpeting orbi et urbi :,

"Veni, Vidi, Vici !"
loosely rendered, (in French vernacular) as: "Je m'suis pointé, J'ai zieuté, J'leur ai flanqué la raclée"

* © royalties due to the estate of William S. "The Bard", (1564-1616), Stratford-upon-Avon
** Giulio Cesare, in the off chance some opera buff wanders by

[juverax]

Frater _Philippe, gratias ago pro nuntio tuo.

[__philippe]

Omnibus fratribus meis @juverax @lintalist @midas, ite in pace !

[juverax]

Pax ergo fratri meo _philippe et omnibus fratribus nostris.

[__philippe]

Good Lord !
The Pontiff has swapped Roman Catholic genuflections rituals for Shamanistic levitation, of late ?
Mark my words, this is the end of the Papacy as we know it..

[juverax]

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O fratres ac sorores omnes in transcendentia communione uniti… (*)

(*) Tentative translation:
സഹോദരീസഹോദരന്മാരേ, എല്ലാവരും അതീന്ദ്രിയമായ കൂട്ടായ്മയിൽ ഐക്യപ്പെട്ടു...

[Midas]

[__philippe]

Is there an Exorcist in the House ?

Looks like a case of serious infestation; perhaps braided garlic and a spike (well-worn) might help as well ?

[juverax]

All concerned citizens should look for a capable and skillful exorcist.
And an old friend of mine mentioned a relatively recent case (and solution) :
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/ ... -in-poland

Alternative solution :

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... As for the rest of us, Brothers and Sisters .... it may be the time for a deep introspection ...