dummy_server(8)

📦 version 0.6.1, in ubuntu jammy

💖 dummy_server — the System Manager's Manual, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the manual page for dummy_server from the System Manager's Manual. yes it's a section 8 page. yes it's tiny. yes it's still iconic. let's go 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

dummy_server — a simple server that binds to a user-specified port and does nothing

no fr, that's the whole job description. it binds, and then it simply exists. main character energy honestly 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

dummy_server listen_port max_connections_in_queue

two args, that's it, no drama 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

dummy_server is a simple server that binds to a user-specified port and does nothing.

like… that's literally it. it shows up, it grabs a port, it takes up space in your process list, and it does absolutely nothing else. not a bug, that's the whole vibe. it's giving "I'm just here for the ambience" 🌸

✨ OPTIONS ✨

dummy_server needs two parameters, and it's not shy about it:

  • listen_port — the port that will be used to listen 👂✨
  • max_connections_in_queue — the number of maximum connections in queue 📋
not me needing exactly two arguments and zero chill about it. if you're missing one, that's a you problem bestie 😭

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

✨ AUTHOR ✨

This manual page was written by Luis Uribe <acme@eviled.org> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

shoutout to Luis, thank you for your service 🫶

okay and that's the whole page!! this came out of the System Manager's Manual, dated February 2007, and it's the dummy_server(8) page, so if you ever forget what a server that does nothing does — it does nothing. mwah 💋 bye bestie 🎀

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