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Date:      Wed, 22 Jun 2005 20:31:58 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Frank Staals <frankstaals@gmx.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Showing transfer rates with cp
Message-ID:  <20050622173158.GB12475@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
In-Reply-To: <42B99926.8020309@gmx.net>
References:  <42B99926.8020309@gmx.net>

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On 2005-06-22 19:00, Frank Staals <frankstaals@gmx.net> wrote:
> I have a rather small and maybe silly question but I it will provide me
> a lot info. I would like to see transfer rates when I use 'cp'. At home
> I have a FreeBSD server with a couple harddiscs in them. I work on my
> laptop and mount the discs from the server using NFS. But when copying
> files from server to laptop or vice versa I have no idea how long it
> will take before it is finished. Is there a way to show those speeds ? I
> also checked with scp but when mounted it kind of act like 'cp' and
> doesn't show anything

Hint... while the cp(1) operation is running, just press ^T

(or whatever "status" is assigned to in your terminal setup)





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