cptar Plugin for ZSH

This plugin adds the command cptar which allows copy directories using tar.

Using two tar processes can be faster if copying to a different hard drive than using cp, because cp reads and writes file per file, but the two tar processes try to read and write simultaneously. pv adds a cache between both processes to optimize speed and shows you how fast the process is progressing. Because estimating the time left requires measuring the size of the source files, this feature is not built in to speed up the process.

Repository clones

The original repository will be stored on GitHub. You can use the original reopsitory if you want to use GitHub. Also issues and pull requests will be collected there for convenience.

This repository will be cloned to my own server. You can use the clone instead of this repository if you want to avoid use GitHub.

Installation

Prerequisites

• mkdir
• pv
• tar

zsh (without plugin support)

1. Clone project
2. Add following line to your .zshrc:

SOURCE "path/to/repo/cptar.plugin.zsh"

oh-my-zsh

1. Clone project into ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/cptar
2. Add cptar to your plugin list

plugins=(… cptar …)

Antigen

1. Add following line to your .zshrc:

antigen bundle Zocker1999NET/zsh-cptar # GitHub if default repository unchanged
antigen bundle https://git.banananet.work/zsh-plugins/cptar # Own Server

or

1. Add the repository to your plugin list

antigen bundles <<EOBUNDLES
  …
  Zocker1999NET/zsh-cptar # GitHub if default repository unchanged
  https://git.banananet.work/zsh-plugins/cptar # Own Server
  …
EOBUNDLES

Antibody

1. Add following line to your .zshrc:

antibody bundle Zocker1999NET/zsh-cptar # GitHub if default repository unchanged
antibody bundle https://git.banananet.work/zsh-plugins/cptar # Own Server

or

1. Add the repository to your plugin list

antibody bundles <<EOBUNDLES
  …
  Zocker1999NET/zsh-cptar # GitHub if default repository unchanged
  https://git.banananet.work/zsh-plugins/cptar # Own Server
  …
EOBUNDLES

Usage

Calling cptar SOURCE DEST copies the directory source with contents to the path dest. If required, a directory DEST will be created along required parent directories. If DEST exists but is not a directory, the command will fail. The contents of SOURCE will be copied into the directory DEST, so ensure DEST is empty, does not exist or you want to merge the contents of SOURCE and dest in dest.

License

This plugin is licensed under WTFPL. Do the fuck you want to with this plugin, but please contribute to this plugin if you have made any improvements which could be useful for others.

Contribute

If you find any issue, report it or fix it yourself and create a pull request.