diff -r 6e94d9d50855 options.c
--- a/options.c	Fri Jul 04 10:41:18 2008 -0700
+++ b/options.c	Fri Jul 04 13:50:00 2008 -0700
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ int am_daemon = 0;
 int am_daemon = 0;
 int do_stats = 0;
 int do_progress = 0;
+int do_total_progress = 0;
 int connect_timeout = 0;
 int keep_partial = 0;
 int safe_symlinks = 0;
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ static int modify_window_set;
 static int modify_window_set;
 static int itemize_changes = 0;
 static int refused_delete, refused_archive_part, refused_compress;
-static int refused_partial, refused_progress, refused_delete_before;
+static int refused_partial, refused_progress, refused_total_progress, refused_delete_before;
 static int refused_delete_during;
 static int refused_inplace, refused_no_iconv;
 static char *max_size_arg, *min_size_arg;
@@ -416,6 +417,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
   rprintf(F," -8, --8-bit-output          leave high-bit chars unescaped in output\n");
   rprintf(F," -h, --human-readable        output numbers in a human-readable format\n");
   rprintf(F,"     --progress              show progress during transfer\n");
+  rprintf(F,"     --total-progress        show progress for overall transfer, not individual files\n");
   rprintf(F," -P                          same as --partial --progress\n");
   rprintf(F," -i, --itemize-changes       output a change-summary for all updates\n");
   rprintf(F,"     --out-format=FORMAT     output updates using the specified FORMAT\n");
@@ -588,6 +590,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[] 
   {"compress-level",   0,  POPT_ARG_INT,    &def_compress_level, 'z', 0, 0 },
   {0,                 'P', POPT_ARG_NONE,   0, 'P', 0, 0 },
   {"progress",         0,  POPT_ARG_VAL,    &do_progress, 1, 0, 0 },
+  {"total-progress",         0,  POPT_ARG_VAL,    &do_total_progress, 1, 0, 0 },
   {"no-progress",      0,  POPT_ARG_VAL,    &do_progress, 0, 0, 0 },
   {"partial",          0,  POPT_ARG_VAL,    &keep_partial, 1, 0, 0 },
   {"no-partial",       0,  POPT_ARG_VAL,    &keep_partial, 0, 0, 0 },
@@ -778,6 +781,8 @@ static void set_refuse_options(char *bp)
 						refused_partial = op->val;
 					else if (wildmatch("progress", op->longName))
 						refused_progress = op->val;
+					else if (wildmatch("total-progress", op->longName))
+						refused_total_progress = op->val;
 					else if (wildmatch("inplace", op->longName))
 						refused_inplace = op->val;
 					else if (wildmatch("no-iconv", op->longName))
@@ -1532,12 +1537,15 @@ int parse_arguments(int *argc_p, const c
 		log_before_transfer = !am_server;
 	}
 
-	if (do_progress && !verbose && !log_before_transfer && !am_server)
+	if (do_progress && !verbose && !log_before_transfer && !am_server && !do_total_progress)
 		verbose = 1;
+
+  if (do_total_progress)
+    do_progress = 1;
 
 	if (dry_run)
 		do_xfers = 0;
-
+  
 	set_io_timeout(io_timeout);
 
 	if (verbose && !stdout_format) {
diff -r 6e94d9d50855 progress.c
--- a/progress.c	Fri Jul 04 10:41:18 2008 -0700
+++ b/progress.c	Fri Jul 04 13:50:00 2008 -0700
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ extern struct stats stats;
 extern struct stats stats;
 extern struct file_list *cur_flist;
 
+extern int do_total_progress;
+extern int verbose;
+
+
 #define PROGRESS_HISTORY_SECS 5
 
 #ifdef GETPGRP_VOID
@@ -66,10 +70,14 @@ static void rprint_progress(OFF_T ofs, O
 {
 	char rembuf[64], eol[128];
 	const char *units;
+  if (do_total_progress) {
+    ofs = stats.total_transferred_size;
+    size = stats.total_size;
+  }
 	int pct = ofs == size ? 100 : (int) (100.0 * ofs / size);
 	unsigned long diff;
 	double rate, remain;
-
+  
 	if (is_last) {
 		/* Compute stats based on the starting info. */
 		if (!ph_start.time.tv_sec
@@ -106,11 +114,17 @@ static void rprint_progress(OFF_T ofs, O
 			 (int) remain % 60);
 	}
 
-	if (is_last) {
-		snprintf(eol, sizeof eol, " (xfer#%d, to-check=%d/%d)\n",
-			stats.num_transferred_files,
-			stats.num_files - current_file_index - 1,
-			stats.num_files);
+	if (is_last || do_total_progress) {
+    if (is_last && verbose)
+      snprintf(eol, sizeof eol, " (xfer#%d, to-check=%d/%d)\n",
+        stats.num_transferred_files,
+        stats.num_files - current_file_index - 1,
+        stats.num_files);
+    else
+      snprintf(eol, sizeof eol, " (xfer#%d, to-check=%d/%d)\r",
+        stats.num_transferred_files,
+        stats.num_files - current_file_index - 1,
+        stats.num_files);
 	} else
 		strlcpy(eol, "\r", sizeof eol);
 	progress_is_active = 0;
@@ -134,9 +148,13 @@ void end_progress(OFF_T size)
 	if (!am_server) {
 		struct timeval now;
 		gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
-		rprint_progress(size, size, &now, True);
+    if (do_total_progress)
+      rprint_progress(size, size, &now, True);
+    else
+      rprint_progress(size, size, &now, True);
 	}
-	memset(&ph_start, 0, sizeof ph_start);
+  if (!do_total_progress)
+    memset(&ph_start, 0, sizeof ph_start);
 }
 
 void show_progress(OFF_T ofs, OFF_T size)