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1.1 root 1: .TH BUFLD 4
2: .CT 2 comm_mach
3: .SH NAME
4: buf_ld \- buffering line discipline
5: .SH DESCRIPTION
6: .I Buf_ld
7: treasures up data for a while, then emits it in
8: a burst.
9: It is otherwise trans\%parent.
10: It is meant to reduce overhead of programs such as
11: .IR cu (1)
12: and
13: .IR uucp (1)
14: that read input from moderate-speed lines in raw or cbreak mode.
15: .PP
16: It saves characters until
17: 16 have arrived,
18: or until 1/20 sec has passed
19: and no more characters have come.
20: .SH "SEE ALSO
21: .IR stream (4),
22: .IR ttyld (4)
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