Explain the --progress output.

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Wayne Davison
2004-01-13 18:50:40 +00:00
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@@ -828,6 +828,29 @@ showing the progress of the transfer. This gives a bored user
something to watch.
Implies --verbose without incrementing verbosity.
When the file is transferring, the data looks like this:
verb(
782448 63% 110.64kB/s 0:00:04
)
This tells you the current file size, the percentage of the transfer that
is complete, the current calculated file-completion rate (including both
data over the wire and data being matched locally), and the estimated time
remaining in this transfer.
After the a file is complete, it the data looks like this:
verb(
1238099 100% 146.38kB/s 0:00:08 (5, 57.1% of 396)
)
This tells you the final file size, that it's 100% complete, the final
transfer rate for the file, the amount of elapsed time it took to transfer
the file, and the addition of a total-transfer summary in parentheses.
These additional numbers tell you how many files have been updated, and
what percent of the total number of files has been scanned.
dit(bf(-P)) The -P option is equivalent to --partial --progress. I
found myself typing that combination quite often so I created an
option to make it easier.