PACKAGE NAME: netpipes-4.2-i386-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./extra/n PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 75 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 210 K PACKAGE REQUIRED: PACKAGE CONFLICTS: PACKAGE SUGGESTS: PACKAGE LIBS: PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: netpipes: netpipes netpipes: netpipes: Robert Forsman's netpipes package makes TCP/IP streams usable in shell netpipes: scripts. It can also simplify client/server code by allowing the netpipes: programmer to skip all the tedious programming bits related to sockets netpipes: and concentrate on writing a filter/service. Here's an example of netpipes: what you can do with 'faucet' and 'hose', two netpipes commands: netpipes: netpipes: server$ faucet 3000 -out tar cf - . netpipes: client$ hose server 3000 -in tar xvf - netpipes: