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.Dd April, 2006
.Dt sockin 1
.Os bsnmp-regex
.Sh NAME
.Nm sockin
.Nd a utility for piping textual program output into a UNIX domain socket.
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl t Ar timeout
.Ar socket
.Nm
.Op Fl d
.Op Fl t Ar timeout
.Ar socket
.Ar command
.Ar arg ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
When executed without a 
.Ar command
argument
.Nm 
accepts text on stdin and writes it to 
.Ar socket
which must be a UNIX domain socket.
.Pp
In the second form, 
.Ar command
specifies a command to execute for which it's input and output will be 
redirected to 
.Ar socket
.Pp
.Sh OPTIONS
.Nm 
accepts the following options.
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Fl d
When executing a 
.Ar command
this option makes the command become a daemon after redirecting it's output
to the 
.Ar socket
.It Fl t Ar timeout
The 
.Ar timeout
in seconds to wait for the socket to be ready before giving up. The default
is to give up immediately on failure. 
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr bsnmp-regex 8
.Sh AUTHOR
.An Stef Walter Aq stef@memberwebs.com