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| | VALVE: Copy Data, Limiting Transfer Rate |
 | | However, when the operation in question consumes scarce shared disc or network transfer bandwidth (for example, when copying large files between machines on a local network or across the Internet), it may be wise to limit the transfer rate to avoid degrading performance for other users or applications. |
 | | In an ideal world, wise and benevolent operating systems would automatically throttle bandwidth to achieve this goal, but as we all know, ours is not an ideal world, nor are operating systems, for the most part, wise or benevolent. |
 | | Suppose you're logged into a local system and you with to transfer the contents of the current directory to a directory named ``/mirror/files/'' on a remote system named somewhere.ratburger.net, while limiting the transfer rate to 256 Kb/sec to avoid saturating your outbound bandwidth or the inbound bandwidth of the destination site. |
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