Re: Calculate remining time/bytes on a FTP transmission

[a4g atl <a4ginatl2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Great idea, but FTP seems to update the full size almost immediately. So
its showing as 95% plus complete.


On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 12:48 PM Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Check the file sizes on both systems.  The size ratio could be compared to
> the time and figure out the remaining time.
> If 75% of the file is sent in 24 hours then 24 / .75 = 32 hours total.  32
> - 24 = 8 hours remaining.
>
> Rob Berendt
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> Does anyone know how to calculate the remaining time/bytes on a file
> transfer?
>
> I am FTP'ing a 185Gb to a remote system and it has been copying for more
> than 24 hours. I need to be able to estimate the remaining time of the
> copy.
>
> The only information I have is the size of the file and the I/O count when
> I display the open files for the job.
>
> Can I see somewhere how many bytes per minute are being copied?
>
> TIA, Darryl Freinkel.
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