1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm
index 34aa3129..07d8b572 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm
@@ -167,4 +167,22 @@ sub index_inbox {
          }
  }
  
+sub progress_prepare ($) {
+        my ($opt) = @_;
+
+        # public-inbox-index defaults to quiet, -xcpdb and -compact do not
+        if (defined($opt->{quiet}) && $opt->{quiet} < 0) {
+                $opt->{quiet} = !$opt->{verbose};
+        }
+        if ($opt->{quiet}) {
+                open my $null, '>', '/dev/null' or
+                        die "failed to open /dev/null: $!\n";
+                $opt->{1} = fileno($null); # suitable for spawn() redirect
+                $opt->{-dev_null} = $null;
+        } else {
+                $opt->{verbose} ||= 1;
+                $opt->{-progress} = sub { print STDERR @_ };
+        }
+}
+
  1;