Name
Data::Send::Local - Send and receive a block of data between processes on the local machine.
Synopsis
Send hello between two processes running on the same machine over the socket named socket.
use Data::Send::Local;
use Test::More tests=>2;
use Test::SharedFork;
my $socket = 'socket'; # Socket name
my $data = 'hello'; # Data
if (my $pid = fork())
{ok recvLocal($socket) eq $data; # Receive data
waitpid($pid, 0);
}
else
{ok !sendLocal($socket, $data); # Send data
}Description
The following sections describe the methods in each functional area of this module. For an alphabetic listing of all methods by name see Index.
Send and receive
sendLocal($$$)
Send a block of data locally. Returns undef on success otherwise an error message
1 $socketName Socket name (a socket file name that already exists)
2 $data Data
3 $timeOut Optional timeout for socket to be created - defaults to 10 seconds recvLocal($$)
Receive a block of data sent locally. Returns the data received.
1 $socketName Socket name (a socket file name that is created)
2 $length Optional maximum length to receive - defaults to one megabyte. Index
Installation
This module is written in 100% Pure Perl and, thus, it is easy to read, use, modify and install.
Standard Module::Build process for building and installing modules:
perl Build.PL
./Build
./Build test
./Build installAuthor
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2016-2017 Philip R Brenan.
This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.