copying files (speed)

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2009/5/17 Rick <rick0009 at gmail.com>:
> On Sun, 17 May 2009 10:10:29 -0400
> Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com> wrote:
>
>> cd /some/directory/with/3.8G/small/files
>> tar -cf /dev/null .
>
> I've tried, you command line idea, however...
> it does not display the threw output of the hard,
> there is nothing displayed.  NO MB/s

Well, I used the time command, then I calculated the speed ”manually”…
If you want to know what's going on, then try:
cp -rv /from/here /to/here/

This will print information about what's going on in the console.
If you only want to check what was going on afterwards, you could
redirect the output to a file:

cp -rv /from/here /to/here/ > Loggfile

Loggfile is created automatically if it doesn't exist or erased before
written to, if it does exist.
To add output to an existing file, rather use the >> operator.

More info:
man cp

J.R.

>
> I did go very fast on the external usb NTFS drive...
> --
>
> Please note: this problem is when I drag and drop a folder
> from internal drive to external drive.
>
>
> Rick
>
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