Socket...:Route(3pm)

💖 Socket::Netlink::Route(3pm) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is Socket::Netlink::Route — the Perl interface to Linux's NETLINK_ROUTE netlink socket protocol. yes it's a mouthful. yes it's iconic. let's go 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

Socket::Netlink::Route — interface to Linux's NETLINK_ROUTE netlink socket protocol 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So here's the vibe: this module is where all the low-level constants and structure handling functions live — literally everything you need to actually use the NETLINK_ROUTE protocol from Linux's PF_NETLINK socket family. it's the plumbing. the backstage. the scaffolding 🎀

but bestie, real talk: you probably don't wanna hang out down here. the module suggests you use the high-level object interface instead — that's IO::Socket::Netlink::Route. much cuter, much easier, no cap 🫶

want the full lore? the Linux kernel documentation has the whole NETLINK_ROUTE protocol family tea in rtnetlink(7):

 $ man 7 rtnetlink

go read it, it's giving textbook but make it kernel 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Socket::Netlink — interface to Linux's PF_NETLINK socket family ✨
• IO::Socket::Netlink::Route — Object interface to NETLINK_ROUTE netlink protocol sockets 💖

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Paul Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk> — the mastermind, the moment, the main character ⭐

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 this one shipped as part of perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25, under the manual name Socket::Netlink::Route(3pm). slay, stay hydrated, and go use the object interface 💖✨🦋