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Watch MDADM progress on QNAP.
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QNAP-watchMDADM.sh
#the busybox on my QNAP TS-420U does not have the watch command so.......
while sleep 5; do
cls; #clear the screen in the loop incase the string length changes dramatically.
TM=`date`;
STATUS=`grep finish /proc/mdstat`;
echo -ne "$TM$STATUS"\\r; #-ne and \\r(escape the escape char) will make it update in place. http://stackoverflow.com/a/12628482
done
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