What do dots mean when Apache Ivy is downloading something?
I use Apahce Ivy for dependency management and just wondered what do those dots mean in the console while it is downloading something.

This is what I mean:

    [ivy:retrieve] downloading http://www.smartclient.com/maven2/com/smartgwt/smartgwt/3.0/smartgwt-3.0.jar ...
    [ivy:retrieve] ..............
    [ivy:retrieve] ...................
    [ivy:retrieve] .......................
    [ivy:retrieve] ......
    [ivy:retrieve] ..............
    [ivy:retrieve] ..............
    [ivy:retrieve] .....................
    [ivy:retrieve] ........
    stripped
    [ivy:retrieve] ..... (10070kB)
    [ivy:retrieve]  [SUCCESSFUL ] com.smartgwt#smartgwt;3.0!smartgwt.jar (136197ms)

I Googled on it but have not found the definition. Bandwidth? But Sometimes it writes very long lines that even wrap over..
What do dots mean when Apache Ivy is downloading something?
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I use Apahce Ivy for dependency management and just wondered what do those dots mean in the console while it is downloading something.

This is what I mean:

    [ivy:retrieve] downloading http://www.smartclient.com/maven2/com/smartgwt/smartgwt/3.0/smartgwt-3.0.jar ...
    [ivy:retrieve] ..............
    [ivy:retrieve] ...................
    [ivy:retrieve] .......................
    [ivy:retrieve] ......
    [ivy:retrieve] ..............
    [ivy:retrieve] ..............
    [ivy:retrieve] .....................
    [ivy:retrieve] ........
    stripped
    [ivy:retrieve] ..... (10070kB)
    [ivy:retrieve]  [SUCCESSFUL ] com.smartgwt#smartgwt;3.0!smartgwt.jar (136197ms)

I Googled on it but have not found the definition. Bandwidth? But Sometimes it writes very long lines that even wrap over..