Dynamically allocate the buffer used for reading data from the input

[bsd-progress.git] / progress.1

diff --git a/progress.1 b/progress.1
index 3a19ab17d39b63e88ffb58915ab2755fb60c04da..ac35bd3eff17fd7965cec005758537ec0c988790 100644 (file)
--- a/progress.1
+++ b/progress.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: progress.1,v 1.12 2007/04/12 06:31:20 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: progress.1,v 1.13 2007/06/06 17:49:14 briggs Exp $

 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2003-2007 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2003-2007 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.


@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"

-.Dd April 12, 2007
+.Dd June 6, 2007

 .Dt PROGRESS 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Dt PROGRESS 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME


@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
 .Op Fl ez
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
 .Op Fl ez

+.Op Fl b Ar buffersize

 .Op Fl f Ar file
 .Op Fl l Ar length
 .Op Fl p Ar prefix
 .Op Fl f Ar file
 .Op Fl l Ar length
 .Op Fl p Ar prefix


@@ -65,6 +66,11 @@ simply displays a count of the data and the data rate.
 .Pp
 The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width XlXlengthXX
 .Pp
 The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width XlXlengthXX

+.It Fl b Ar buffersize
+Read in buffers of the specified size (default 64k).
+An optional suffix (per
+.Xr strsuftoll 3 )
+may be given.

 .It Fl e
 Display progress to standard error instead of standard output.
 .It Fl f Ar file
 .It Fl e
 Display progress to standard error instead of standard output.
 .It Fl f Ar file