xrate is a simple program written in C which calculates the realtime transfer rates of a running pipe. This might be useful for checking if your system is fast enough to record a CD on-the-fly.
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This release fixes an overflow with the bytecount variable nsize which now consists of two unsigned long variables (2*32bit) and a wrong calculation and output for very short runs (no alarm was called). It also adds time output during runtime analysis.