On Tue, 10 Aug 2004, Evil Kosh wrote:

> One further question, can this option be called DURING a transfer? or can it
> only be called before it starts?

Set it before a transfer. I think you'll get some odd effects if you set it
during one.

> Perhaps I can dynamically set this option, which would be great! otherwise,
> I'll have to pick a minimum value and deal with it.

Aha, you mean you will adjust the rate limit during the transfer?

> I'm wondering about how the overhead could possibily affect the cpu usage or
> bandwidth I have available. Could having a smaller value start any nasty
> consequences in your opinion?

The smaller buffer you use, the more CPU will be used per amount of data. But
I doubt you can ever measure the differancies for most use-cases.

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