On 07/25/2014 01:52 PM, Greg Freemyer wrote:
mbuffer!
Very cool. I love that app, but rarely find good use cases for it. For those who don't know it, mbuffer is often used between apps like tar or cpio and high-speed tape drives. Tape drives in sequential access mode are often far faster than a disk with data scattered all around the place so a large buffer highly optimizes the overall process.
Nice, specialized tool - even network support and other useful features. ;-) Out of curiosity: for disks and tapes, is there much different from using dd iflag=fullblock bs=..M or dd iflag=fullblock ibs=..M obs=..M in between the pipes? Thanks & have a nice day, Berny -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org