function printing progress to terminal while running

[Ben Abbott]

On Mar 22, 2008, at 11:25 AM, Malte Köster wrote:
> Hi there,
> I have a function that takes quite a while to execute, so I would
> like it to give some progress indication.
> I tried to use printf to print the actual status to the terminal.
> However this does not work, since all the printing is done only after
> the whole function is executed.
> Is there a way to print something to the terminal _while_ the
> function is executed?
>
> cheers,
> malte

Sounds like your process indicator is being help up by the pager.

Try "more off" before running your function. It that fixes the problem

If so, experiment with the commands below. It should be possible to  
get the effect you're looking for.

	page_output_immediately

	fflush

	drawnow

Ben