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netpipes-4.2p2

shell utilities to connect programs to sockets

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Description

Netpipes is a collection of utilities which attempts to provide the functionality of pipes over a network. It consists of small utilities that perform a single task, such as listening on a port for connections (faucet), sending data to a remote port (hose), or even multiplex multiple streams over a single TCP connection (encapsulate).

Package information

Ports path
net/netpipes
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
net
Available flavors
None listed

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Direct dependencies

None listed in sqlports.

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