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diff --git a/source/n/netpipes/slack-desc b/source/n/netpipes/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3fe01b874 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/n/netpipes/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# 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: |