How long did my transfer take??

[mgospo]

I started a transfer and left work yesterday, where can I find out how long the transfer took, the last modified stamp of the destination directory seems like it must be way off. (or at least that the modification it's showing the time for was not the file being tranferred, but something that was done after that.

The total was about 260 megs, I figured it would take a while, 20-30 minutes or so, but if the timestamp for last modified is indeed showing me the time that the file transfer was complete, then it is saying that it took 4 and a half hours.

So, I guess what Im getting at is , is there some sort of log file that will give me this info (how long the transfer took) I have looked at the transcript and it showed the same as the timestamp, which was +4 and half hours after the transfer started.  Now Im really starting to think that it took that long. Am I correct??

thanks,
my first time using yummy, or really ftp in general.

[JD]

There isn't currently a log file - that's a feature that I will be adding at some point.

The mod date/time on the server could give you the completion time, but remember that the server may be in a different time zone to your Mac, in which case it could be incorrect by several hours.

If you enable the 'Automatically detect time offset' checkbox in the Advanced Option tab of your Bookmark, then the displayed time in the server listing will be adjusted so that it would appear to be in the same time zone as your Mac. Then you could look at the mod date/time of the file to determine when it completed.

To edit a Bookmark, select 'Show All Bookmarks' from the Bookmarks menu, select your Bookmark from the list shown, then click the Edit toolbar icon. If you don't have a Bookmark, you need to select 'Add Bookmark' from the Bookmarks menu when you are connected to your server.

Note that many people think their broadband connection is as fast to upload as it is to download. Generally speaking, ADSL connections are a lot slower uploading than they are at downloading.

Another thing that confuses people is the reported speed of their broadband. These speeds are stated in mega bits per second, whereas file transfers are stated in mega bytes per second. The difference is that mega bits statuses are 8 times larger than mega byte statuses (because there are 8 bits in a byte). So, if you reckoned your upload would be finished in 30 mins due to your broadband speed then your estimation was probably way off.

Hope that helps.

[mgospo]

JD,

The "automatically detect time offset" explains alot and I think solves my dilemma. I guess I sort of thought that the times would already be synched up without me having to do that.  It makes much more sense that the transfer took more like 10-15 minutes, which is what the server last modified timestamp was showing after I fixed the time offset.

To be honest, I don't do much uploading, I'm a video editor and most of our output is to tape or DVD, but  we are going to be posting a lot more on the web now, so I'm still learning all of this.  I don't even know what kind of bandwidth or connection we are running in this office actually because I've never had a problem with it, its always been reliable and fast, and I really never had any reason to wonder. Anyway, thanks, you answered my question promptly and fixed my problem. good deal.

[JD]

Glad to hear everything is clear now

For what it's worth, the auto-detect option is off by default because it works by sending an empty file to your server, and some people might find that offensive as a default behavior, plus the date/time on the server is largely unimportant to a lot of people.