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sockin(1)		    General Commands Manual		     sockin(1)

NAME
       sockin  --  a utility for piping	textual	program	output into a UNIX do-
       main socket.

SYNOPSIS
       sockin [-t timeout] socket
       sockin [-d] [-t timeout]	socket command arg ...

DESCRIPTION
       When executed without a command argument	sockin accepts text  on	 stdin
       and writes it to	socket which must be a UNIX domain socket.

       In  the	second	form, command specifies	a command to execute for which
       it's input and output will be redirected	to socket

OPTIONS
       sockin accepts the following options.

       -d	   When	executing a command this option	makes the command  be-
		   come	a daemon after redirecting it's	output to the socket

       -t timeout  The	timeout	 in seconds to wait for	the socket to be ready
		   before giving up. The default is to give up immediately  on
		   failure.

SEE ALSO
       bsnmp-regex(8)

AUTHOR
       Stef Walter <stef@memberwebs.com>

bsnmp-regex			  April, 2006			     sockin(1)

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