UNIXSERVER(1)

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💖 UNIXSERVER(1) — the general commands manual glow-up 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let's talk about unixserver from the General Commands Manual. this is your one-stop shop for being a UNIX domain socket server and it's giving ✨infrastructure✨. no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

unixserver — UNIX domain socket server 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

unixserver [options] socket program

that's it. options, then your socket, then the program you wanna run. main character energy fr fr.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, unixserver is a UNIX domain socket server that conforms to UCSPI, aka the UNIX Client-Server Program Interface. iykyk. it's out here holding the door open for your clients so your program can vibe with them. 🌈

✨ OPTIONS ✨

here's the whole menu, bestie, no skips, no skimming, every single one:

  • -q — Quiet. do not print any messages. silent. mysterious. 🤫
  • -Q — (default) print error messages. this is the factory setting, the OOTB vibe.
  • -v — Verbose. print error and status messages. she's chatty and we love that for her. 💬
  • -d — do not delete the socket file on exit. it stays. lingering. iconic.
  • -D — (default) delete the socket file on exit. tidy queen behavior 🧹
  • -u UID — change user id to UID after creating the socket. glow-up mid-run 💫
  • -g GID — change group id to GID after creating the socket. same energy, group flavor.
  • -U — same as '-u $UID -g $GID'. the shortcut for the girlies who want both. 🫶
  • -o UID — make the socket owned by UID. the socket gets a new parent fr.
  • -r GID — make the socket group owned by GID. group parent energy.
  • -O — same as '-o $SOCKET_UID -r $SOCKET_GID'. combo deal, no extra charge. 🎁
  • -p PERM — set the permissions on the created socket (in octal). > heads up bestie: this option, if set, overrides the mask below. (defaults to 0666 minus umask)
  • -m MASK — set umask to MASK (in octal) before creating the socket. (defaults to 0, previous value is restored afterwards — she cleans up after herself 💅)
  • -c N — do not handle more than N simultaneous connections. (default 10) 🚦
  • -b N — allow a backlog of N connections. the waiting room, but make it N.
  • -B BANNER — write BANNER to the client immediately after connecting. hi hello welcome to my socket 💌

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

👑 AUTHOR 👑

the ucspi-unix package was written by Bruce Guenter <bruceg@em.ca> — legend behavior, honestly.

this manual page was originally written by Tomas Kuliavas <tokul@bigfoot.com> for the Debian GNU/Linux system, but may be used elsewhere under the GPL. periodt. 💜

and that's the whole page, bestie — UNIXSERVER(1) from the General Commands Manual, served fresh, no crumbs left behind. 🍓✨🦋

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