# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| netpipes: netpipes (TCP/IP pipe utilities) netpipes: netpipes: Robert Forsman's netpipes package makes TCP/IP streams usable in shell netpipes: scripts. It can also simplify client/server code by allowing the netpipes: programmer to skip all the tedious programming bits related to sockets netpipes: and concentrate on writing a filter/service. Here's an example of netpipes: what you can do with 'faucet' and 'hose', two netpipes commands: netpipes: netpipes: server$ faucet 3000 -out tar cf - . netpipes: client$ hose server 3000 -in tar xvf - netpipes: