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authorzuntum <zuntum@pkgsrc.org>2001-11-01 00:57:41 +0000
committerzuntum <zuntum@pkgsrc.org>2001-11-01 00:57:41 +0000
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+ cstream is a general-purpose stream-handling tool like UNIX' dd,
+ usually used in commandline-constructed pipes.
+
+ Featues:
+ Sane commandline switch syntax.
+ Exact throughput limiting, on the incoming side. Timing variance in
+ previous reads are counterbalanced in the following reads.
+ Precise throughput reporting. Either at the end of the transmission
+ or everytime SIGUSR1 is received. Quite useful to ask lengthy
+ opertions how much data has been transferred yet, i.e. when
+ writing tapes. Reports are done in bytes/sec and if appropriate in
+ KB/sec or MB/sec, where 1K = 1024.
+ SIGUSR2 causes a clean shutdown before EOF on input, timing
+ informating is displayed.
+ Build-in support for fifos. Example usage is a 'pseudo-device',
+ something that sinks or delivers data at an appropriate rate, but
+ looks like a file, i.e. if you test soundcard software. See the
+ manpage for examples.
+ Accepts 'k', 'm' and 'g' character after number for "kilo, mega,
+ giga" bytes for overall data size limit.