What is cps when you transfer a file?
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DearAd6613 · 2021-03-09 14:17

I've noticed that after a file downloads via DCC, I get the following
output:

    DCC RECV 'FIle_Name' from Bot_Name complete [1252039 cps]

What is the meaning of the last part? Namely, '1252039 cps'?

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htepO · 2021-03-09 15:20

It's transfer speed, most likely characters per second.

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DearAd6613 · 2021-03-09 16:20

Even I assumed it was transfer speed. But, wht does character's per
second mean? I was downloading a video file...

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htepO · 2021-03-09 17:31

It's been a couple of decades since I used fserv, but if I had to
guess, I'd say bytes and characters are loosely interchangeable. Even
if they are not, cps doesn't really matter because it's a vestigial
holdover from way back that ought to be renamed, assuming anyone is
still writing fileservers for mIRC.

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phate408 · 2021-03-10 01:51

I think you're correct, as an ASCII character is exactly a byte.

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DearAd6613 · 2021-03-10 10:06

Thats exactly what I was thinking, and if I divide by 100,000, it get
the speed in MB/s, which matches with the transfer speed I saw on
hexchat