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

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 inter-
       face 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

SEE ALSO

       Socket, IO::Socket

AUTHOR

       Graham Barr. Currently maintained by the Perl Porters.  Please report all bugs to <perl5-porters@perl.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 1996-8 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>. All rights reserved.  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
       modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.8.0							    2002-06-01						     IO::Socket::UNIX(3pm)