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| 3 | IO::FDPass - pass a file descriptor over a socket |
3 | IO::FDPass - pass a file descriptor over a socket |
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| 5 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
5 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
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| 7 | use IO::FDPass; |
7 | use IO::FDPass; |
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9 | IO::FDPass::send fileno $socket, fileno $fh_to_pass |
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10 | or die "send failed: $!"; |
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12 | my $fd = IO::FDPass::recv fileno $socket; |
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13 | $fd >= 0 or die "recv failed: $!"; |
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| 9 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
15 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
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| 11 | This small low-level module only has one purpose: pass a file descriptor |
17 | This small low-level module only has one purpose: pass a file descriptor |
| 12 | to another process, using a (streaming) unix domain socket (on POSIX |
18 | to another process, using a (streaming) unix domain socket (on POSIX |
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| 95 | other file descriptor passing modules on CPAN: L<Linux::FDPasser> and |
101 | other file descriptor passing modules on CPAN: L<Linux::FDPasser> and |
| 96 | L<AnyEvent::FDPasser>. |
102 | L<AnyEvent::FDPasser>. |
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| 98 | The former hasn't seen any release for over a decade, isn't 64 bit clean |
104 | The former hasn't seen any release for over a decade, isn't 64 bit clean |
| 99 | and it's author didn't respond to my mail with the fix. It does, however, |
105 | and it's author didn't respond to my mail with the fix. It does, however, |
| 100 | support a snumber of pre-standard unices. |
106 | support a number of pre-standard unices. |
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| 102 | The latter seems to have similar support for antique unices, and doesn't |
108 | The latter seems to have similar support for antique unices, and doesn't |
| 103 | seem to suffer from 64 bit bugs, but inexplicably has a large perl part, |
109 | seem to suffer from 64 bit bugs, but inexplicably has a large perl part, |
| 104 | and requires AnyEvent. Presumably that makes it much more user friendly |
110 | and requires AnyEvent. Presumably that makes it much more user friendly |
| 105 | than this module. |
111 | than this module. |
