Skip to main content

Timeline for Make rsync use less bandwidth?

Current License: CC BY-SA 2.5

5 events
when toggle format what by license comment
Apr 2, 2013 at 19:14 comment added user84636 @joshtronic I wondered if you noticed supervacuo's answer? I have now tested this and can vouch for the fact that "the first file is sent full blast" is not true except for the smallest files.
Sep 19, 2011 at 1:42 comment added joshtronic after the fact, but wanted to point out that this option limits the average bandwidth. the first file is sent full blast and subsequent files are throttled to attempt to get down to the specified bandwidth value. to truly limit bandwidth, you would want to look into something like trickle
Oct 20, 2009 at 23:03 comment added Mike Cooper Perfect. I don't know why I missed that in the man page the first time around.
Oct 20, 2009 at 23:01 vote accept Mike Cooper
Oct 20, 2009 at 22:59 history answered DaveParillo CC BY-SA 2.5