OOOhh.. Ok.. Super... Let me try that..
Thanks A MILLION for all your help :)
Joe
On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 20:13, Jeff Kinz wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 08:06:35PM -0700, Joe Giles wrote:
> > Yeah, I share a FS using samba and mount the connection at work. Then I
> > set up iptables to only allow the ip/subnet of my work and home to allow
> > the samba and related ports access so it is secure... This has worked
> > very well. No need for VPN :-P
> >
> > Besides, I have a VPN connection and because of tunneling, the transfer
> > of large files are rather slow (About 1/2 the actual speed or more
> > because of encapsulation).
> >
> > The line is incredibly stable for the two links. The transfer speed is
> > about 69.5k/s consistently. I though about doing the math myself, that
> > way I could get a round about idea of when it would be done, I just
> > though there might be an easier way.
>
> well... using Fred's neat rsync invocation...
>
>
> #!/bin/bash
> #
> # usage: <thiscript> <File_to_copy>
> #
>
> size=`ls -l $1 | awk '{print $5}'`
>
> # 70K/sec = 4.2 Mb per min.
>
> time=$(( $size / 4200000 ))
>
> echo "This should be done in about $time minutes."
> echo "Did you start the rsync server st the other end? "
> echo -n "Press enter to continue."
> read ans
> rsync -avz --progress rsync://server/$1
>
> You may need to change the rsync invocation.
>
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