From 5a12e7c134274dba706667107d10d231517d3e05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick J Volkerding Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:00:38 -0500 Subject: Slackware 13.0 Wed Aug 26 10:00:38 CDT 2009 Slackware 13.0 x86_64 is released as stable! Thanks to everyone who helped make this release possible -- see the RELEASE_NOTES for the credits. The ISOs are off to the replicator. This time it will be a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD. We're taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com. Please consider picking up a copy to help support the project. Once again, thanks to the entire Slackware community for all the help testing and fixing things and offering suggestions during this development cycle. As always, have fun and enjoy! -P. --- source/n/nc/slack-desc | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/n/nc/slack-desc (limited to 'source/n/nc/slack-desc') diff --git a/source/n/nc/slack-desc b/source/n/nc/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a00d0ea4e --- /dev/null +++ b/source/n/nc/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------------------------------------------------------| +nc: nc (Netcat network utility) +nc: +nc: Netcat, or "nc" as the actual program is named, is a simple utility +nc: which reads and writes data across network connections, using TCP or +nc: UDP protocol. It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that +nc: can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. +nc: At the same time, it is a feature-rich network debugging and +nc: exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection +nc: you would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities. +nc: Netcat was written by *Hobbit* , and is a product +nc: of Avian Research. -- cgit v1.2.3