XCONV(8)

🌸 XCONV — the xinetd manual, bestie edition 💅

okay so real talk: this page lives in the xinetd manual, section 8, and it's about a lil script called xconv.pl. she's the glow-up artist who takes your crusty old inetd config and makes it serve xinetd looks. no cap. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

xconv.pl — literally the inetd.conf → xinetd.conf converter. that's the whole job description, she's booked and busy. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

so basically, xconv.pl can convert existing inetd.conf files (aka the configuration for the inetd program) into xinetd.conf files (aka the configuration for the xinetd program). it's giving translator, it's giving bilingual icon. 💖

✨ USAGE ✨

here's the whole vibe, one line, chef's kiss:

xconv.pl < /etc/inetd.conf > /etc/xinetd.conf

stdin goes in, stdout comes out, and your config has been transformed. she ate. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION / PURPOSE ✨

xconv.pl is provided by the xinetd package to assist in the migration from inetd based systems to ones based on xinetd. think of it as your moving buddy who shows up with boxes and a label maker. 🫶

functionality is similar to the itox program, so reading itox(8) is recommended — like, genuinely recommended, go read it, i'll wait. 📚

⚠️ important note bestie, do not skip this one: xconv.pl does not support the -daemon_dir argument. she said no. periodt. 💀

✨ AUTHOR ✨

xconv was written by Rob Braun and xinetd was written by Panagiotis Tsirigotis. legends, both of them. 👑

and that's the whole page, no notes. this one came to you from the 3rd Berkeley Distribution, dated July 31 2002 — vintage but still serving looks. 🦋💜 stay converted, bestie! ✨