Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 03:41:07PM -0500 wrote: > >>>>> "DK" == David Kimdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > DK> As Ethan pointed out, I pulled that out in favor of using > DK> busybox wget. You should have gotten a really simple status bar > DK> though. If you didn't I'd like to hear about it. > DK> > > Yes, I did get a simple status bar. Simpler is better! But I did like > the old-style download rate meter mainly because it gives an idea of how > good/bad the network connection and bandwidth is. > > This is a fairly subjective issue, but FWIW I should point out that the > FreeBSD net installer also indicates the rate at which files are being > downloaded.
Okay, cool. If you want to pursue this further just file a wishlist bug on busybox, we use busybox wget output. It gives us %, bytes read and ETA, it could probably give us rate as well without much added space, and we could then parse that adding a few more bytes,probably not a big deal. -David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
