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diff --git a/tcp-env.1 b/tcp-env.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..edd46f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/tcp-env.1 @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +.TH tcp-env 1 +.SH NAME +tcp-env \- set up TCP-related environment variables +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B tcp-env +[ +.B \-rR +] +[ +.B \-t\fItimeout +] +.I program +[ +.I arg ... +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +The input for +.B tcp-env +must be a TCP connection. +.B tcp-env +finds out information about that connection, +puts the information into several environment variables +as described in +.B tcp-environ(5), +and runs +.I program +with the given arguments. + +Usually +.B tcp-env +is run from +.BR inetd . +It might instead be run from another server +that already sets up the right environment variables; +if +.B PROTO +is set to +.B TCP +when +.B tcp-env +is invoked, +.B tcp-env +assumes that all the other variables are set up properly, +and it does not check whether the input is a TCP connection. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B \-r +(Default.) +Attempt to obtain +.B TCPREMOTEINFO +from the remote host. +.TP +.B \-R +Do not attempt to obtain +.B TCPREMOTEINFO +from the remote host. +.TP +.B \-t\fItimeout +Give up on the +.B TCPREMOTEINFO +connection attempt after +.I timeout +seconds. +Default: 30. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +tcp-environ(5), +inetd(8) |