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IO::Socket::UNIX

Section: Perl Programmers Reference Guide (3pm)
Updated: 2001-09-21
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NAME

IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets

SYNOPSIS

    use IO::Socket::UNIX;

DESCRIPTION

"IO::Socket::UNIX" provides an object interface to creating and using socketsin the AF_UNIX domain. It is built upon the IO::Socket interface andinherits all the methods defined by IO::Socket.

CONSTRUCTOR

new ( [ARGS] )

Creates an "IO::Socket::UNIX" object, which is a reference to anewly created symbol (see the "Symbol" package). "new"optionally takes arguments, these arguments are in key-value pairs.

In addition to the key-value pairs accepted by IO::Socket,"IO::Socket::UNIX" provides.

    Type        Type of socket (eg SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_DGRAM)    Local       Path to local fifo    Peer        Path to peer fifo    Listen      Create a listen socket

If the constructor is only passed a single argument, it is assumed tobe a "Peer" specification.

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As of VERSION 1.18 all IO::Socket objects have autoflush turned onby default. This was not the case with earlier releases.

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METHODS

hostpath(): Returns the pathname to the fifo at the local end
peerpath(): Returns the pathanme to the fifo at the peer end

AUTHOR

Graham Barr. Currently maintained by the Perl Porters. Please report allbugs to <perl5-portersAATTperl.org>.

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