About:
sdd is a replacement for a program called 'dd'. sdd is much faster than dd in cases where input block size (ibs) is not equal to the output block size (obs). Statistics are more easily understoon than those from 'dd'. Timing available, -time option will print transfer speed Timing & Statistics available at any time with SIGQUIT (^\) Can seek on input and output Fast null input Fast null output. Support for the RMT (Remote Tape Server) protocol makes remote I/O fast and easy.

Author:
Jörg Schilling <schilling |at| fokus |dot| gmd |dot| de> [contact developer]

Rating:	reset 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
(not rated)

Tar/GZ:
ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/sdd/sdd-1.52.tar.gz
Changelog:
ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/sdd/AN-1.52

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		6 - Mature
[Environment]		Console (Text Based)
[Intended Audience]		Developers, End Users/Desktop, System Administrators
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]		BeOS, MacOS X, Microsoft :: Windows, OS/2, Other OS, POSIX
[Topic]		System :: Archiving, System :: Benchmark, System :: Networking, System :: Systems Administration, Utilities

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	1.52	08-Sep-2004	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Comments

[»] Build System
by QuoteMstr - Jul 17th 2001 14:56:55

Ick, ick ick. What the heck is wrong with standard
autoconf? It's portable, it's familiar, and it's
very versatile. There is no excuse for using such
a crappy build system only to push your own make.
Not to mention, you have files there for virtually
every architecture known to man, and your
quivering mound of hacks won't even work with
POSIX make.

[reply] [top]

[»] Re: Build System
by Eric Smith - Jul 17th 2001 18:48:59


> Ick, ick ick. What the heck is wrong
Instead of complaining, why not contribute back an
improved version?

I've had trouble figuring out how to use autoconf
for my own projects, so it doesn't surprise me at
all that not everyone has started using it.



[reply] [top]

---

[»] Re: Build System
by Jörg Schilling - Feb 25th 2002 03:45:10


> Ick, ick ick. What the heck is wrong
> with standard
> autoconf? It's portable, it's Before complaining you should _read_ what happens
when compiling....

The Schily Makfile system does use autoconf.

However, it avoids to use autoconf to create self
vodifying makefiles which is a technique of the
1970s. The Schily Makefilesystem combines state
of the art techniques:

- Enhanced autoconf (the offocial is only 50% ready)

- A structured set of object oriented
make rules (this is an idea from the 1980s
found in Plan9, the SunOS Kernel and the
BSD Kernel, the Schily makefilesystem
only added portability).

- If you use 'smake' which is a automake
enabled make program, the Schily
Makefile system allows you to compile on
more platforms then the FSF featured
Method would allow! The platform specific
make rules only add extra knowledge,
they are not needed if you use a decent
automake enabled make program because
such a program will create the files
when needed but unavailable.

- It is not possible to use a POSIX only
make for portable compilation.



[reply] [top]

---