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- Synopsis:
- $connect(<host> <port>)
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- Technical:
- This function opens a raw TCP connection to the specified remote host on
- the specified remote port. It returns a unique file descriptor for the
- connection that can be used by DCC RAW to communicate with the host.
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- Practical:
- This function attempts to open up a TCP socket to the given host on the
- given port. DCC RAW is used to read and write data from and to it.
- This function effectively permits EPIC to act as a client for any
- TCP service. In the past, people have used it for direct finger, whois,
- and simple ftp access.
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- Returns:
- file descriptor for connection, or nothing if error
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- Examples:
- $connect(127.0.0.1 25) connect to your local mail server
- $connect(ftp.neato.org 21) connect to an EPIC ftp site
- $connect(0.0.0.0 0) error (no such host/port)
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- See Also:
- dcc(1) close, raw; listen(6); on(5) dcc_raw
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