Copy file slowly - mimic FTP transfer

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Matt Williamson

I need to be able to mimic a large file being transferred by FTP to test a
script I'm writing. I need a way to specify the transfer speed of a file
copy on my local filesystem to another location on my local filesystem. I
can't think of a good way to do it and before I start trying to figure out
how to do it in a different language, I'd like to know if it's possilble to
do in script or if there are any utilities already out that allow for this.

TIA

Matt
 
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Herb Martin

Matt Williamson said:
I need to be able to mimic a large file being transferred by FTP to test a
script I'm writing. I need a way to specify the transfer speed of a file
copy on my local filesystem to another location on my local filesystem. I
can't think of a good way to do it and before I start trying to figure out
how to do it in a different language, I'd like to know if it's possilble to
do in script or if there are any utilities already out that allow for this.
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How about using the Windows IIS server, enabling FTP, and actually
doing the FTP transfer?
 
M

Matt Williamson

How about using the Windows IIS server, enabling FTP, and actually
doing the FTP transfer?
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I want to be able to specify the speed of transfer so I can test multiple
cases and multiple connection types.
 
H

Herb Martin

Matt Williamson said:
I want to be able to specify the speed of transfer so I can test multiple
cases and multiple connection types.
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Ok, with a server IIS you can throttle the FTP service to your desired
speed (but not with XP.)
 
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billious

Herb Martin said:
Ok, with a server IIS you can throttle the FTP service to your desired
speed (but not with XP.)
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Fit a slow CD into your system and copy from that?

Copy from a floppy?

How about copy from a USB drive?
 
M

Matt Williamson

Fit a slow CD into your system and copy from that?
Copy from a floppy?

How about copy from a USB drive?
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All good suggestions. I ended up writing a program in VB6 that does a binary
transfer from one file to the next letting me specify how many bytes get
copied at a time. It seems to do the trick.
 

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