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| Name: buffer | Distribution: Mandriva Linux |
| Version: 1.19 | Vendor: Mandriva |
| Release: 4mdv2007.0 | Build date: Sun Jun 18 09:27:36 2006 |
| Group: Archiving/Backup | Build host: taz.eijk.nu |
| Size: 38374 | Source RPM: buffer-1.19-4mdv2007.0.src.rpm |
| Summary: General purpose buffer program | |
This is a program designed to speed up writing tapes on remote tape drives. After startup it splits itself into two processes. The first process reads (and reblocks) from stdin into a shared memory buffer. The second writes from the shared memory buffer to stdout. Doing it this way means that the writing side effectly sits in a tight write loop and doesn't have to wait for input. Similarly for the input side. It is this waiting that slows down other reblocking processes, like dd.
GPL
* Thu Jan 19 2006 Lenny Cartier <lenny@mandriva.com> 1.19-4mdk - fix x86_64 with debian patch * Mon Feb 23 2004 Lenny Cartier <lenny@mandrakesoft.com> 1.19-3mdk - rebuild
/usr/bin/buffer /usr/share/doc/buffer-1.19 /usr/share/doc/buffer-1.19/COPYING /usr/share/doc/buffer-1.19/README /usr/share/man/man1/buffer.1.bz2
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