KNEWS(1)

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version 1.0b.1 · 3 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 KNEWS(1) — like, the tcp_relay era 💖

okay bestie, welcome to KNEWS(1), a whole General Commands Manual page, and it's giving "short but mighty" ✨ the star of the show is tcp_relay, and she is a tcp relay. that's it. that's the girl. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

tcp_relay — a tcp relay 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

tcp_relay -p port [-s] -h host ... remotehost[:port]

periodt. that's the whole invocation, no notes. 💅

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

ngl, the manual is being super mysterious here: for more details, read the source. that's literally the entire description. iconic behaviour honestly, she said "the code is the docs" and left. 😭 go read the source if you want the deep lore, bestie.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -p port — the port tcp_relay will listen for connections on. that's her front door, and you gotta tell her which one. 🔥
  • -s — if this option is given, only a single connection at a time will be handled. otherwise tcp_relay will fork a new copy of itself for each incoming connection and go on to accept new connections. so like… -s is monogamy mode, no -s is "i'll make a clone of myself for every single one of you" energy. 💀
  • -h host — connections from this host will be allowed. and yes, several of these may be supplied, so you can stack them up like friendship bracelets. 🫶

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this software is Copyright 1996 by Karl-Johan Johnsson. 🩷

not me ending a whole manpage, but ok. also, lowkey important: remotehost[:port] is the positional argument and it comes after all the flags in the synopsis, iykyk. the port part is optional, so don't @ me if you forget it. 🙈

and that's the whole page, bestie — the source is version-y as of 1996, and this little KNEWS(1) page from the General Commands Manual is officially signed off. slay, stay safe, and may all your relays accept. 🌈⭐💖

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