[NCLUG] lftp help needed

[Michael Milligan]

Erich wrote:
> I am trying to limit download bandwidth with lftp.  I have
> never used it before.  I would like to set an upper bound
> at 128kbps.  Can someone help, or point me to a good
> resource?

Simplest way is to create a .lftprc file in your home directory with 
this in it:

set net:limit-rate 16384

That will rate limit to 128kbps.  (The value is *bytes* per second, so 
128/8 = 16k bytes/sec.)

Regards,
Mike

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