tcp-env.1 (1064B)
1 .TH tcp-env 1 2 .SH NAME 3 tcp-env \- set up TCP-related environment variables 4 .SH SYNOPSIS 5 .B tcp-env 6 [ 7 .B \-rR 8 ] 9 [ 10 .B \-t\fItimeout 11 ] 12 .I program 13 [ 14 .I arg ... 15 ] 16 .SH DESCRIPTION 17 The input for 18 .B tcp-env 19 must be a TCP connection. 20 .B tcp-env 21 finds out information about that connection, 22 puts the information into several environment variables 23 as described in 24 .B tcp-environ(5), 25 and runs 26 .I program 27 with the given arguments. 28 29 Usually 30 .B tcp-env 31 is run from 32 .BR inetd . 33 It might instead be run from another server 34 that already sets up the right environment variables; 35 if 36 .B PROTO 37 is set to 38 .B TCP 39 when 40 .B tcp-env 41 is invoked, 42 .B tcp-env 43 assumes that all the other variables are set up properly, 44 and it does not check whether the input is a TCP connection. 45 .SH OPTIONS 46 .TP 47 .B \-r 48 (Default.) 49 Attempt to obtain 50 .B TCPREMOTEINFO 51 from the remote host. 52 .TP 53 .B \-R 54 Do not attempt to obtain 55 .B TCPREMOTEINFO 56 from the remote host. 57 .TP 58 .B \-t\fItimeout 59 Give up on the 60 .B TCPREMOTEINFO 61 connection attempt after 62 .I timeout 63 seconds. 64 Default: 30. 65 .SH "SEE ALSO" 66 tcp-environ(5), 67 inetd(8)