From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 14 15:57:56 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5920937B401 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:57:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from pd5mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DB2543F3F for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:57:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from robin@damm.ca) Received: from pd4mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr4so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.215]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HAB00HMTP1BK0@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 16:53:35 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml2so.prod.shaw.ca (pn2ml2so-qfe0.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.121.146]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HAB00BNBP1B1U@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 16:53:35 -0700 (MST) Received: from lulu.bad.dog (h24-82-238-48.wp.shawcable.net [24.82.238.48]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HAB006CXP1AXB@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 16:53:35 -0700 (MST) Received: from lulu.bad.dog (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lulu.bad.dog (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h1ENrWav000540; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 17:53:32 -0600 (CST envelope-from robin@damm.ca) Received: (from robin@localhost) by lulu.bad.dog (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h1ENrWZl000539; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 17:53:32 -0600 (CST envelope-from robin@damm.ca) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 17:53:32 -0600 From: Robin Damm Subject: Re: Is there a way to slow down file transfers? In-reply-to: To: "J. Scott Edwards" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mail-Followup-To: "J. Scott Edwards" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <20030214235332.GA504@lulu.bad.dog> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i References: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 04:23:19PM -0700, J. Scott Edwards wrote: > > I have a remote machine running 4.7 which is streaming audio using > icecast. I was hoping to back up the machine by transferring the files to > my local machine and doing the backup here. However when I try to copy > any (non-tiny) files, using scp for example, it floods the network > connection and messes up the audio stream. Is there any way I can > transfer files from it at a much slower rate, something like 1/8 normal? How about rsync with the --bwlimit switch. -- Robin Damm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message