Also, just to follow up and by more clear, iperf2 uses fflush() after
newlines in order to support line buffering
<https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Buffering-Concepts.html>
over network pipes. This is particularly useful when iperf is running
remotely over ssh and the timeliness of interval reports back to the ssh
client is required.
Bob
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Bruce A. Mah <b...@es.net> wrote:
> If memory serves me right, Bob McMahon wrote:
> > hmm, I didn't think iperf3 was supported on windows. Iperf2 flushes
> > lines and doesn't buffer so it works over pipes without this option.
>
> Technically we (ESnet) don't support it on Windows. There are some
> users in the community who have made it work and who supply executables
> to be used on Windows (someone from Microsoft even chimed on a CYGWIN
> related issue in some of said executables).
>
> I agree that the OP should give iperf2 a try, unless there's some "must
> have" feature in iperf3.
>
> Bruce.
>
> > On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Morne Joubert <morne.joub...@u-blox.com
> > <mailto:morne.joub...@u-blox.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,____
> >
> > I was wondering when a new release for windows is going to be built
> > with the –forceflush functionality ?____
> >
> > If it is not going to be done any time soon, is there instructions
> > on how to build it on windows?____
> >
> > __ __
> >
> > Regards,____
> >
> > Morné Joubert____
> >
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