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Is there a way to limit the speed of scp (or rsync)? I couldn't find any information in the man page, nor on the internet.

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From the man page: -l limit Limits the used bandwidth, specified in Kbit/s.

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Plus is you want to do it with rsync, you need to specify/add the -e "ssh -l xxx" on the command – Leo Oct 21 '10 at 13:46
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ssh -l xxx means login as user xxx. – Cristian Ciupitu Oct 21 '10 at 14:06
I'm very sorry. I did not check my work (I hate when people do that here!!) rsync uses this according to the man page: --bwlimit=KBPS limit I/O bandwidth; KBytes per second. I've not tested it, but it does say that this is for daemon mode. – Leo Oct 21 '10 at 14:16
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