[4528] in testers
Re: 8.4.5 linux: scp
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson)
Sat Jul 1 00:50:28 2000
Message-Id: <200007010450.AAA01923@egyptian-gods.mit.edu>
To: "Christopher D. Beland" <beland@MIT.EDU>
Cc: testers@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Jun 2000 01:03:17 EDT."
<200006280503.BAA02103@No-Whammies.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 00:50:18 -0400
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
> When scp'ing a large file (240 Mb) over the ET T1 from whack-a-mole
> (IRIX 8.4.5) to No-Whammies (Linux 8.4.5 layered) using
> /usr/athena/bin/scp, the percent complete indicator occasionally
> resets to zero. (Frustratingly, this *only* happened when I wasn't
> looking at the screen.) The download finished with the indicator
> showing 12%.
It might make sense for a progress indicator to go backwards if your
download rate goes down. But resetting all the way to zero and
finishing at 12% definitely sounds wrong. Hopefully we will find time
to look into this problem.
