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diff --git a/README.curl b/README.curl index 652ba6f6d..3daca8caa 100644 --- a/README.curl +++ b/README.curl @@ -312,28 +312,32 @@ COOKIES PROGRESS METER - The progress meter was introduced to better show a user that something - actually is happening. The different fields in the output have the following - meaning: + The progress meter exists to show a user that something actually is + happening. The different fields in the output have the following meaning: - % Received Total Speed Estimated Time Left Curr.Speed - 0 97980 149081186 15211 2:43:21 0:00:06 2:43:15 14843 + % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Curr. + Dload Upload Total Current Left Speed + 0 151M 0 38608 0 0 9406 0 4:41:43 0:00:04 4:41:39 9287 From left-to-right: - "%" - column, is the percentage of the file currently transfered. - "Received" - means the total number of bytes that has been transfered. - "Total" - is the total number of bytes expected to transfer. - "Speed" - is average speed in bytes/second for the whole transfer so far. - "Estimated" - is the estimated total transfer time. - "Time" - is the time spent so far for this transfer - "Left" - is the estimated time left for this transfer to finnish if the - current average speed will remain steady. - "Curr.Speed" - is the average transfer speed the last 5 seconds (the first - 5 seconds of a transfer is based on less time of course.) - - NOTE: Much of the output is based on the fact that the size of the transfer - is known before it takes place. If it isn't, a much less fancy display will - be used. + % - percentage completed of the whole transfer + Total - total size of the whole expected transfer + % - percentage completed of the download + Received - currently downloaded amount of bytes + % - percentage completed of the upload + Xferd - currently uploaded amount of bytes + Average Speed + Dload - the average transfer speed of the download + Average Speed + Upload - the average transfer speed of the upload + Time Total - expected time to complete the operation + Time Current - time passed since the invoke + Time Left - expected time left to completetion + Curr.Speed - the average transfer speed the last 5 seconds (the first + 5 seconds of a transfer is based on less time of course.) + + The -# option will display a totally different progress bar that doesn't + need much explanation! SPEED LIMIT |