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diff --git a/misc/cstream/pkg/DESCR b/misc/cstream/pkg/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..cd2d755f0f7 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/cstream/pkg/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ + 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. |