Add a stunningly useful utility.

if you ever nhave needed to do something like:
tar cf - <big_dir> | rsh cat > /dev/tape then you will appreciate this.

do something like

tar cf - <big_dir> | buffer | rsh othersys "cat  | buffer > /dev/tape"
to enjoy HUGE increases in speed while your tape drive does not
incessantly back/forth/stop/start.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/misc/buffer/distinfo b/misc/buffer/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7fc3aa45b303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/buffer/distinfo
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+MD5 (buffer-1.17.tar.gz) = 6c5236ed99f4df0832623f4c0498c681