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Article #57Re: Request for TCP/IP test program
From: Bob Clements
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1985 16:56
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1985 16:56
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[Art @ ACC.ARPA asked about date source/sink programs that avoid the overhead of using the disk for the data.] Art, The original TENEX/TOPS20 FTP server, which I wrote many years ago, had a "feature" to do exactly what you are looking for: It recognized the "NUL:" device as a special case. Data sent to NUL: was discarded immediately by the FTP server, without even calling the file system to discard it. Data requested FROM the NUL: device was generated by the FTP server itself, and it sent a fixed amount, one megabyte or one megabit, I think. Sadly, I have been exiled from 36-bit land for a while, so I don't know whether that feature is still in the current server. I hope so. /Rcc
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ucbvax!bbnccq.arpa!clements From: clements@BBNCCQ.ARPA (Bob Clements) Newsgroups: fa.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Request for TCP/IP test program Message-ID: <8510181731.AA11422@UCB-VAX> Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 12:56:52 EDT Article-I.D.: UCB-VAX.8510181731.AA11422 Posted: Fri Oct 18 12:56:52 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 20-Oct-85 04:27:35 EDT Sender: leo@ucbvax.ARPA Reply-To: tcp-ip@ucb-vax.arpa Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 19