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IO::Socket::UNIX(3perl) Perl Programmers Reference Guide IO::Socket::UNIX(3perl)

NAME
IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets

SYNOPSIS
use IO::Socket::UNIX;

DESCRIPTION
"IO::Socket::UNIX" provides an object interface to creating and using sockets in the
AF_UNIX domain. It is built upon the IO::Socket interface and inherits all the methods
defined by IO::Socket.

CONSTRUCTOR
new ( [ARGS] )
Creates an "IO::Socket::UNIX" object, which is a reference to a newly created symbol
(see the "Symbol" package). "new" optionally takes arguments, these arguments are in
key-value pairs.

In addition to the key-value pairs accepted by IO::Socket, "IO::Socket::UNIX"
provides.

Type Type of socket (eg SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_DGRAM)
Local Path to local fifo
Peer Path to peer fifo
Listen Create a listen socket

If the constructor is only passed a single argument, it is assumed to be a "Peer"
specification.

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As of VERSION 1.18 all IO::Socket objects have autoflush turned on by default. This
was not the case with earlier releases.

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METHODS
hostpath()
Returns the pathname to the fifo at the local end

peerpath()
Returns the pathanme to the fifo at the peer end