A Mac OS X Time Machine monitoring script. Running this shell script will let you monitor your Time Machine backup in real-time.
usage:
./tmpct.sh <sleep time in seconds> KB|MB
Output:
Total number of iterations is 1 and the time between is 5 seconds.
The new percentage is 7.02996%
The difference is 0.00201%
Average Difference: 0.00201%
New MBs transferred: 5 MB
Total MBs transferred: 19282 MB
Avg MB transferred b/w runs: 5 MB
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Total number of iterations is 2 and the time between is 5 seconds.
The new percentage is 7.03368%
The difference is 0.00372%
Average Difference: 0.002865%
New MBs transferred: 10 MB
Total MBs transferred: 19292 MB
Avg MB transferred b/w runs: 7.5 MB
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It's not perfect, but it gets the job done and can be useful.