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geo909

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Registered: 2008-09-07

Posts: 309

[SOLVED] Vifm: set syscalls option

Hi all,

In this changelog for the latest version of vifm, it says the following:

Added 'syscalls' boolean option to 'cpoptions' option. It makes vifm
prefer to perform file-system operations with external applications on
rather then with system calls. {EXPERIMENTAL}, {WORK-IN-PROGRESS}. The
option will be eventually removed. Mostly *nix-like systems are affected.
Added implementation for directory and file removal, copying, moving, file,
directory and symbolic link creation with system calls. Advanced stuff
like ACL is not supported at least not at the moment. Available only if
'syscalls' option is set.
...
Added progress for file system operations. Available only if 'syscalls'
option is set.

I would like to have a progress bar for operations like copying, etc, but I'm
not really sure how to set the syscalls option. How do I do that?

Thanks in advance..

Last edited by geo909 (2014-09-15 14:33:44)

geo909

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Registered: 2008-09-07

Posts: 309

Re: [SOLVED] Vifm: set syscalls option

Ok, so I read the manual a bit and I realize I have to do:

:set syscalls

to turn the option on (see here).

However when I do that, I get

Unknown option: syscalls
Invalid argument for :set command
Press ENTER or type command to continue

My version of vifm is the lates, i.e. 0.7.7, which has the above mentioned changelog.

│ Version: 0.7.7                                                                                                                                                                              │
│ Git commit hash:                                                                                                                                                                            │
│ Compiled at: May 18 2014 19:03:19                                                                                                                                                           │
│                                                                                                                                                                                             │
│ Support of extended keys is on                                                                                                                                                              │
│ Parsing of .desktop files is enabled                                                                                                                                                        │
│ Without GTK+ library                                                                                                                                                                        │
│ With magic library                                                                                                                                                                          │
│ Without X11 library                                                                                                                                                                         │
│ Without dynamic loading of X11 library                                                                                                                                                      │
│ With file program                                                                                                                                                                           │
│ With -n option for cp and mv                                                                                                                                                                │
│ Without remote command execution 

So, why can't I set the syscalls option? Any ideas?

xaizek

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Registered: 2014-09-14

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] Vifm: set syscalls option

Hi,

You're referring to section 0.7.7 to current of the changelog, which means that system calls are part of 0.7.8.

I guess you can use package from AUR to get development version with this option available.

geo909

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Registered: 2008-09-07

Posts: 309

Re: [SOLVED] Vifm: set syscalls option

Hi,

You're referring to section 0.7.7 to current of the changelog, which means that system calls are part of 0.7.8.

Oops.. I didn't realize that, I'm not familiar with how the version names work.

I guess you can use package from AUR to get development version with this option available.

No it's ok, I can survive with 0.7.7 for a while Thanks!