PACKAGE NAME: socat-1.7.3.1-i486-1salix.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./salix/network PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 252 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1008 K PACKAGE REQUIRED: hipchat|openssl|openssl-solibs,ncurses,readline PACKAGE CONFLICTS: PACKAGE SUGGESTS: PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: socat: socat (multipurpose data relay) socat: socat: socat is a relay for bidirectional data transfer between two socat: independent data channels. Each of these data channels may be a file, socat: pipe, device (serial line etc. or a pseudo terminal), a socket (UNIX, socat: IP4, IP6 - raw, UDP, TCP), an SSL socket, proxy CONNECT connection, socat: a file descriptor (stdin etc.), the GNU line editor (readline), socat: a program, or a combination of two of these. These modes include socat: generation of "listening" sockets, named pipes, and pseudo terminals. socat: socat: Homepage: http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat