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43 lines
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# bwlcat
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## Introduction
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A small cat like program with a bandwidth limit.
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This program sends every period T N bytes.
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This is useful for transfering large files over slow links without causing
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a congestion.
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## Usage
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```
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bwlcat [-h] [-b <bytes>] [-t <time>] [<files>]
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-h: Help
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-b <bytes>: Sent each time N Bytes
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-h <time>: Wait T seconds after each packet
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```
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## Example
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### Simple example
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```bash
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bwlcat -b 8 -t 2 /etc/hosts
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```
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Sent's /etc/hosts with a speed of 4 bytes a second.
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### Usage to transfer a file over ssh
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```bash
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ssh remote bwlcat -b 1400 -t 1.5 /bin/bash >/tmp/bash
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```
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Sent over bash with 1KB/sec.
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## Note
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This is for really slow links (64 kb/s).
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A better sollution is "scp -l" but this doesn't work well on really slow
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links.
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