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After moving from Tcl 8 to Tcl 9 I also hat do change the tar version.
The older version had this -progress option, which was very handy when creating large archives.
The current version has no -progress option.
This is bad, there is no feedback anymore from the long lasting process.

Any ideas how to bring the progress back?

Alternatively I was thinking of using the new build-in zip functionality
of Tcl 9. I can handle a folder structure, which is cool.
But the zip function needs an existing folder to create the archive and
puts *all* files from that folder into the archive.
What I do with tar is picking different files from a folder structure
(not all) and putting them into the archive. So zip is not an option,
tar is stil the only one capable of doing what I need.

Thanks
Alexandru
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Am 19.09.2025 um 08:33 schrieb meshparts:

After moving from Tcl 8 to Tcl 9 I also hat do change the tar version.
The older version had this -progress option, which was very handy when creating large archives.
The current version has no -progress option.
This is bad, there is no feedback anymore from the long lasting process.

Any ideas how to bring the progress back?

Alternatively I was thinking of using the new build-in zip functionality
of Tcl 9. I can handle a folder structure, which is cool.
But the zip function needs an existing folder to create the archive and
puts *all* files from that folder into the archive.
What I do with tar is picking different files from a folder structure
(not all) and putting them into the archive. So zip is not an option,
tar is stil the only one capable of doing what I need.

Thanks
Alexandru

No ideas?
Does anbody know, why the progress option was removed?

Thanks
Alex

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meshparts <alexandru.dadalau@meshparts.de> writes:

Am 19.09.2025 um 08:33 schrieb meshparts:

After moving from Tcl 8 to Tcl 9 I also hat do change the tar version.
The older version had this -progress option, which was very handy
when creating large archives.
The current version has no -progress option.
This is bad, there is no feedback anymore from the long lasting process.
Any ideas how to bring the progress back?
Alternatively I was thinking of using the new build-in zip
functionality of Tcl 9. I can handle a folder structure, which is
cool.
But the zip function needs an existing folder to create the archive
and puts *all* files from that folder into the archive.
What I do with tar is picking different files from a folder
structure (not all) and putting them into the archive. So zip is not
an option, tar is stil the only one capable of doing what I need.
Thanks
Alexandru

No ideas?
Does anbody know, why the progress option was removed?

Perhaps other readers have the same doubt than I - I'm not exactly sure
what your are talking about. Do you mean the tar package out of tcllib
or something else?

If you mean the tcllib tar package - what version was it which had the -progress option you are now missing?

The tcllib repository at https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcllib/doc/trunk/embedded/index.md should be
able to bring you after some clicking to at least the commit which
removed the code. And the commit msg may (or may not) have the reason to
what happened.

rolf
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Am 06.10.2025 um 15:17 schrieb Rolf Ade:

meshparts <alexandru.dadalau@meshparts.de> writes:

Am 19.09.2025 um 08:33 schrieb meshparts:

After moving from Tcl 8 to Tcl 9 I also hat do change the tar version.
The older version had this -progress option, which was very handy
when creating large archives.
The current version has no -progress option.
This is bad, there is no feedback anymore from the long lasting process. >>> Any ideas how to bring the progress back?
Alternatively I was thinking of using the new build-in zip
functionality of Tcl 9. I can handle a folder structure, which is
cool.
But the zip function needs an existing folder to create the archive
and puts *all* files from that folder into the archive.
What I do with tar is picking different files from a folder
structure (not all) and putting them into the archive. So zip is not
an option, tar is stil the only one capable of doing what I need.
Thanks
Alexandru

No ideas?
Does anbody know, why the progress option was removed?

Perhaps other readers have the same doubt than I - I'm not exactly sure
what your are talking about. Do you mean the tar package out of tcllib
or something else?

If you mean the tcllib tar package - what version was it which had the -progress option you are now missing?

The tcllib repository at https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcllib/doc/trunk/embedded/index.md should be
able to bring you after some clicking to at least the commit which
removed the code. And the commit msg may (or may not) have the reason to
what happened.

rolf

Hi Rolf,

Thanks for the hint.
I wasn't ware there are other tar packages out there.
I mean the tcllib package "tar".
My previous version prior to the migration to Tcl 9 was tar 0.11
(released 2012/09/11 17:22:24).
After switching to Tcl 9 and updating to tar 0.15, the progress bar is gone. I'll try to crunch through the repository and track down that change...
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Am 06.10.2025 um 20:39 schrieb meshparts:

Am 06.10.2025 um 15:17 schrieb Rolf Ade:

meshparts <alexandru.dadalau@meshparts.de> writes:

Am 19.09.2025 um 08:33 schrieb meshparts:

After moving from Tcl 8 to Tcl 9 I also hat do change the tar version. >>>> The older version had this -progress option, which was very handy
when creating large archives.
The current version has no -progress option.
This is bad, there is no feedback anymore from the long lasting
process.
Any ideas how to bring the progress back?
Alternatively I was thinking of using the new build-in zip
functionality of Tcl 9. I can handle a folder structure, which is
cool.
But the zip function needs an existing folder to create the archive
and puts *all* files from that folder into the archive.
What I do with tar is picking different files from a folder
structure (not all) and putting them into the archive. So zip is not
an option, tar is stil the only one capable of doing what I need.
Thanks
Alexandru

No ideas?
Does anbody know, why the progress option was removed?

Perhaps other readers have the same doubt than I - I'm not exactly sure
what your are talking about. Do you mean the tar package out of tcllib
or something else?

If you mean the tcllib tar package - what version was it which had the
-progress option you are now missing?

The tcllib repository at
https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcllib/doc/trunk/embedded/index.md should be
able to bring you after some clicking to at least the commit which
removed the code. And the commit msg may (or may not) have the reason to
what happened.

rolf

Hi Rolf,

Thanks for the hint.
I wasn't ware there are other tar packages out there.
I mean the tcllib package "tar".
My previous version prior to the migration to Tcl 9 was tar 0.11
(released 2012/09/11 17:22:24).
After switching to Tcl 9 and updating to tar 0.15, the progress bar is
gone.
I'll try to crunch through the repository and track down that change...

It was a good idea to go through the repo: There was never a progress
option in the tar package :(

The reason I had a progress option in the tar package is: I added that
option myself! At least 3 years ago, along with other two options -files
and -dirs.

Unfortunatelly, my commit was ignored and those changed never made it
into the official release.

So I guess I'll try to add them again to the current version...
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Am 06.10.2025 um 21:08 schrieb meshparts:

Am 06.10.2025 um 20:39 schrieb meshparts:

Am 06.10.2025 um 15:17 schrieb Rolf Ade:

meshparts <alexandru.dadalau@meshparts.de> writes:

Am 19.09.2025 um 08:33 schrieb meshparts:

After moving from Tcl 8 to Tcl 9 I also hat do change the tar version. >>>>> The older version had this -progress option, which was very handy
when creating large archives.
The current version has no -progress option.
This is bad, there is no feedback anymore from the long lasting
process.
Any ideas how to bring the progress back?
Alternatively I was thinking of using the new build-in zip
functionality of Tcl 9. I can handle a folder structure, which is
cool.
But the zip function needs an existing folder to create the archive
and puts *all* files from that folder into the archive.
What I do with tar is picking different files from a folder
structure (not all) and putting them into the archive. So zip is not >>>>> an option, tar is stil the only one capable of doing what I need.
Thanks
Alexandru

No ideas?
Does anbody know, why the progress option was removed?

Perhaps other readers have the same doubt than I - I'm not exactly sure
what your are talking about. Do you mean the tar package out of tcllib
or something else?

If you mean the tcllib tar package - what version was it which had the
-progress option you are now missing?

The tcllib repository at
https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcllib/doc/trunk/embedded/index.md should be
able to bring you after some clicking to at least the commit which
removed the code. And the commit msg may (or may not) have the reason to >>> what happened.

rolf

Hi Rolf,

Thanks for the hint.
I wasn't ware there are other tar packages out there.
I mean the tcllib package "tar".
My previous version prior to the migration to Tcl 9 was tar 0.11
(released 2012/09/11 17:22:24).
After switching to Tcl 9 and updating to tar 0.15, the progress bar is
gone.
I'll try to crunch through the repository and track down that change...

It was a good idea to go through the repo: There was never a progress
option in the tar package :(

The reason I had a progress option in the tar package is: I added that option myself! At least 3 years ago, along with other two options -files
and -dirs.

Unfortunatelly, my commit was ignored and those changed never made it
into the official release.

So I guess I'll try to add them again to the current version...

My new -files and -dirs options they are now in the official release of
tar! Thanks!

I'm not sure now about that -progress option. Maybe I forgot to commit
this change...
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Am 06.10.2025 um 20:39 schrieb meshparts:

Am 06.10.2025 um 15:17 schrieb Rolf Ade:

meshparts <alexandru.dadalau@meshparts.de> writes:

Am 19.09.2025 um 08:33 schrieb meshparts:

After moving from Tcl 8 to Tcl 9 I also hat do change the tar version. >>>> The older version had this -progress option, which was very handy
when creating large archives.
The current version has no -progress option.
This is bad, there is no feedback anymore from the long lasting process. >>>> Any ideas how to bring the progress back?
Alternatively I was thinking of using the new build-in zip
functionality of Tcl 9. I can handle a folder structure, which is
cool.
But the zip function needs an existing folder to create the archive
and puts *all* files from that folder into the archive.
What I do with tar is picking different files from a folder
structure (not all) and putting them into the archive. So zip is not
an option, tar is stil the only one capable of doing what I need.
Thanks
Alexandru

No ideas?
Does anbody know, why the progress option was removed?

Perhaps other readers have the same doubt than I - I'm not exactly sure
what your are talking about. Do you mean the tar package out of tcllib
or something else?

If you mean the tcllib tar package - what version was it which had the
-progress option you are now missing?

The tcllib repository at
https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcllib/doc/trunk/embedded/index.md should be
able to bring you after some clicking to at least the commit which
removed the code. And the commit msg may (or may not) have the reason to
what happened.

rolf

Hi Rolf,

Thanks for the hint.
I wasn't ware there are other tar packages out there.
I mean the tcllib package "tar".
My previous version prior to the migration to Tcl 9 was tar 0.11 (released 2012/09/11 17:22:24).
After switching to Tcl 9 and updating to tar 0.15, the progress bar is gone. I'll try to crunch through the repository and track down that change...

I looked into tcllib distributions 1.20 and 1.21.
Both contain tar in version 0.11, but none of them has a "-progress" option.
Do you have a modified tar version?

Paul
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Am 06.10.2025 um 21:13 schrieb meshparts:

Am 06.10.2025 um 21:08 schrieb meshparts:

Am 06.10.2025 um 20:39 schrieb meshparts:

Am 06.10.2025 um 15:17 schrieb Rolf Ade:

meshparts <alexandru.dadalau@meshparts.de> writes:

Am 19.09.2025 um 08:33 schrieb meshparts:

After moving from Tcl 8 to Tcl 9 I also hat do change the tar
version.
The older version had this -progress option, which was very handy
when creating large archives.
The current version has no -progress option.
This is bad, there is no feedback anymore from the long lasting
process.
Any ideas how to bring the progress back?
Alternatively I was thinking of using the new build-in zip
functionality of Tcl 9. I can handle a folder structure, which is
cool.
But the zip function needs an existing folder to create the archive >>>>>> and puts *all* files from that folder into the archive.
What I do with tar is picking different files from a folder
structure (not all) and putting them into the archive. So zip is not >>>>>> an option, tar is stil the only one capable of doing what I need.
Thanks
Alexandru

No ideas?
Does anbody know, why the progress option was removed?

Perhaps other readers have the same doubt than I - I'm not exactly sure >>>> what your are talking about. Do you mean the tar package out of tcllib >>>> or something else?

If you mean the tcllib tar package - what version was it which had the >>>> -progress option you are now missing?

The tcllib repository at
https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcllib/doc/trunk/embedded/index.md should be >>>> able to bring you after some clicking to at least the commit which
removed the code. And the commit msg may (or may not) have the
reason to
what happened.

rolf

Hi Rolf,

Thanks for the hint.
I wasn't ware there are other tar packages out there.
I mean the tcllib package "tar".
My previous version prior to the migration to Tcl 9 was tar 0.11
(released 2012/09/11 17:22:24).
After switching to Tcl 9 and updating to tar 0.15, the progress bar
is gone.
I'll try to crunch through the repository and track down that change...

It was a good idea to go through the repo: There was never a progress
option in the tar package :(

The reason I had a progress option in the tar package is: I added that
option myself! At least 3 years ago, along with other two options -
files and -dirs.

Unfortunatelly, my commit was ignored and those changed never made it
into the official release.

So I guess I'll try to add them again to the current version...

My new -files and -dirs options they are now in the official release of
tar! Thanks!

I'm not sure now about that -progress option. Maybe I forgot to commit
this change...

Turns out, I did a pull request on the progress bar feature, but it was ignored until now....

Here is a new ticket: https://core.tcl-lang.org/tcllib/tktview/3438f804e41b67d469fd364087457d4c718d4f5b


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Am 06.10.2025 um 21:14 schrieb Paul Obermeier:

I looked into tcllib distributions 1.20 and 1.21

Indeed! See my previous comments.
Sorry for the whole fuss.
That point was complettly erased from my memory...

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