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| Name: buffer | Distribution: Mandriva Linux |
| Version: 1.19 | Vendor: Mandriva |
| Release: 4mdv2008.0 | Build date: Sun Sep 16 05:28:53 2007 |
| Group: Archiving/Backup | Build host: minimac.net.mooby.net |
| Size: 40710 | Source RPM: buffer-1.19-4mdv2008.0.src.rpm |
| Packager: Blindauer (bot) <blindauer@mandriva.org> | |
| 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
* Sun Sep 02 2007 Bruno Cornec <bcornec@mandriva.org> 1.19-4mdv2008.0 + Revision: 77248 - Import buffer * Thu Jan 19 2006 Lenny Cartier <lenny@mandriva.com> 1.19-4mdk - fix x86_64 with debian patch
/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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