Protoco...dKeyData(3)

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πŸ’… Protocol::Database::PostgreSQL::BackendKeyData(3)

ok so this is a Perl manpage, section 3 of the manual (yes, 3 β€” the library-calls girlies), and it lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation corner of the universe. That's the whole header situation, bestie, we're moving on 🫢


✨ NAME ✨

Protocol::Database::PostgreSQL::BackendKeyData β€” described, in the official words, as an authentication request message.

that's it. that's the name section. iconic brevity fr fr πŸ‘‘


πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

okay so here's the tea: the DESCRIPTION section is literally empty. like, not one word. complete silence. the void stared back 😭

ngl, this one is giving "the documentation is the name, go read the source" main character energy. no cap, the package name is the entire personality. πŸ’€


πŸŽ€ AUTHOR πŸŽ€

Tom Molesworth <TEAM@cpan.org> β€” say thank you to the icon who made this πŸ’–


πŸ“œ LICENSE πŸ“œ

Copyright Tom Molesworth 2010-2019. Licensed under the same terms as Perl itself.

so yeah, same license vibes as Perl, periodt ✨


🌸 a little heads up bestie: the empty DESCRIPTION is not me being lazy, it's genuinely empty in the source. don't go inventing behaviours for this module, iykyk πŸ™ˆ

sign-off time! this page is from perl v5.42.2, dated 2026-02-15, and it says Protoco...dKeyData(3) up top and down bottom because the terminal was clearly trying to keep it cute and abbreviate. slay, go forth, authenticate responsibly πŸ’…πŸ¦‹

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