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RE: Is there a UNIX socket test client program (a la NetCat)?
- From: "Herb Martin" <HerbM at learnquick dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 05:16:22 -0500
- Subject: RE: Is there a UNIX socket test client program (a la NetCat)?
> From Brian Dessent
>> Herb Martin wrote:
>>
>> Is there a UNIX socket test client program (a la NetCat)?
>
> socat using the UNIX-CONNECT: or UNIX-LISTEN: parameters
> ought to work.
> It is not a Cygwin package but it does build without much hassle.
Excellent Brian -- you probably wouldn't believe how
diligently I searched Google for this, and how may
people were unable to offer a suggestion.
(I had also search SourceForge and failed to find it;
although it doesn't have the code there it does have
a project, and a link to the home page of socat.)
I have yet to figure out how to work it (I spent about
an hour with it) so if you know how to get it to work
interactively with a particular UNIX-CONNECT socket
I would appreciate the heads up....
Otherwise, more RTFM for me. Although I think the only
"fine manual" may be the Man/Info/--help. I'll have to
go back to the site and look around some more.
Thanks. I think this is exactly what I needed.
--
Herb
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