> ctrl-q or ctrl-s (I think) one of them pauses output, the other
> restarts. However I can't find a file big enough to take long enough
> to cat it that I have time to try the key combos.

That's something else Nick. It pauses output on the receiving side's
terminal, and once the receive buffers are full the sending processs
locks. What Steve means is probably causing the sending process on the
remote side to stop pushing more unwanted stuff down the pipe, thus
keeping communications lines unclogged.

Volker

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