From bbdbc604cf657b83dd304911268c0ccc6bc69591 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ville Rantanen <ville.rantanen@helsinki.fi>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 15:38:00 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] nicer gzip

---
 files/archive-subfolders | 21 +++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/files/archive-subfolders b/files/archive-subfolders
index b168ca8..73e882a 100755
--- a/files/archive-subfolders
+++ b/files/archive-subfolders
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-VERSION="20160217"
+VERSION="20160801"
 
 function helpexit() {
     BS=$( basename "$0" )
@@ -107,19 +107,12 @@ IFS=" " read -a SLEEPS <<< '0.1 0.5 1 2 3 4 5'
 trap killtrap 9 15
 
 for d in "${REALFOLDERS[@]}"; do 
-  DU=$( fastdu -h "$d.tar" )
-  gzip -f "$d.tar" &
-  PID=$!
-  while kill -0 "$PID" >/dev/null 2>&1; do
-    sleep 0.1
-    [[ -f "$d.tar.gz" ]] && fsize "$d.tar.gz" "$DU"
-    for i in ${SLEEPS[@]}; do
-        sleep $i; kill -0 "$PID" &>/dev/null || break 2
-        printf .
-    done
-    IFS=" " read -a SLEEPS <<< '4 4 4 4'
-  done
-  fsize "$d.tar.gz" "$DU"
+  DU=$( fastdu "$d.tar" )
+  DUh=$( fastdu -h "$d.tar" )
+  cat "$d.tar" | pv -s $DU | gzip > "$d.tar.gz" && {
+      rm "$d.tar"
+  }
+  fsize "$d.tar.gz" "$DUh"
   echo '' 
 done
 exitokay