[Gllug] Delayed data feed

[John Hearns]

On 12 January 2011 16:33, - Tethys <tethys at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know of a simple delay utility that consumes data from
> stdin and outputs it on stdout a fixed time later? What I want to be
> able to do is:
>
>        mkdata | delay 30 | send_data_to_customer
>

Sadly, large open tanks of mercury are illegal these days. You coudl
have a lot of fun.

How about using netcat with a dummy network between a receiving netcat
on the same network interface?

mkdata | netcat  | dummynet with delay | netcat - | send data to customer
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