Canceling

Type control-c or send an interrupt signal to abort a movedat session.  Under some circumstances, doing this multiple times may terminate movedat more quickly.

Some kinds of transfers may be resumable after an interruption.  See Resuming for details.  Canceling and later resuming an individual transfer is effectively the same as pausing it.

If multiple sources were specified via the command line, wild-cards, or directories, then all unstarted transfers will be abandoned.  If a transfer is currently in progress, and movedat is being run interactively, movedat may wait a short while to collect data already in transit on the network before movedat exits.  Typing control-c again will speed up the abort process, as described below.

Abort Modes

The following messages indicate what movedat is doing to end its work and exit.  Typing control-c again will move to a later stage of abort, although some stages may be skipped depending on the circumstances.

Wrapping up transfer now, please wait...
Collecting data already in transit and repeating any lost packets.  If the network is completely down, movedat may wait until the transfer times out.  This step is skipped if communication with the server has been lost or when Quiet or ShowLogs is in effect.

Request stopped, collecting outstanding data...
Waiting only for data already in transit on the network.  If the network is completely down, movedat may wait until the transfer times out.  This step is skipped if communication with the server has been lost or when Quiet or ShowLogs is in effect.

Aborting attempt.
No data has been received yet, giving up immediately.

Terminating transfer.
Stopping immediately, but still updating checkpoint files.

Abandoning data.
Stopping immediately without updating checkpoints, and minimal cleanup.  The server may not be notified, causing its resources to be retained until the server times out.

Quitting.
movedat will immediately exit with minimal cleanup and notification.  The server may not be notified, causing its resources to be retained until the server times out.