Download size, Counter

[Geoffrey Leach]

On 11/10/2008 02:56:10 PM, Jim wrote:
> Comcast.com and AT&T is going to start charging extra for Downloading
> of 
> files,packages, video.
> Is there a App for Linux that will keep count of Downloads(Gbytes),
> like 
> on a monthly basis, so one can keep track of size of downloads for a 
> given month ??

/proc/net/dev tracks up/down traffic (bytes). I track my download 
traffic on a daily basis (Hughes Satelite) with some Perl code that is 
insufficiently general to warrant posting, but its available on 
request.