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IO::Socket::UNIX(3)
NAME
  IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets

SYNOPSIS
      use IO::Socket::UNIX;

DESCRIPTION
  "IO::Socket::UNIX" provides an object interface to creating and using
  sockets in the AF_UNIX domain. It is built upon the IO::Socket interface
  and inherits all the methods defined by IO::Socket.

CONSTRUCTOR
  new ( [ARGS] )
      Creates an "IO::Socket::UNIX" object, which is a reference to a newly
      created symbol (see the "Symbol" package). "new" optionally takes
      arguments, these arguments are in key-value pairs.

      In addition to the key-value pairs accepted by IO::Socket,
      "IO::Socket::UNIX" provides.

	  Type	      Type of socket (eg SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_DGRAM)
	  Local	      Path to local fifo
	  Peer	      Path to peer fifo
	  Listen      Create a listen socket

      If the constructor is only passed a single argument, it is assumed to
      be a "Peer" specification.

       NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE

      As of VERSION 1.18 all IO::Socket objects have autoflush turned on by
      default. This was not the case with earlier releases.

       NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE

METHODS
  hostpath()
      Returns the pathname to the fifo at the local end

  peerpath()
      Returns the pathanme to the fifo at the peer end

SEE ALSO
  Socket, IO::Socket

AUTHOR
  Graham Barr. Currently maintained by the Perl Porters.  Please report all
  bugs to <perl5-porters@perl.org>.

COPYRIGHT
  Copyright (c) 1996-8 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>. All rights reserved.
  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  under the same terms as Perl itself.

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