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Control file transfer speed

 
heaman1
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Control file transfer speed

I have two server , they are in remote site connected with leased line , I would like to transfer files ( by ftp , scp , rcp ) between them , as the bandwidth is very low ( only 512K ) so that when the files are transferring , the line is nearly broken , it affects the user's working , can advise if I can control the transfer speed , for example , when use scp , it only use 10K or 10% of available bandwidth ? thx
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Richard Hepworth
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Re: Control file transfer speed

Hi,

Use scp -l, this limits the used bandwidth of the transfer (specified in Kbits)

e.g

scp -l 500 file user@destination:/tmp

Richard