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From: Ian Wilson <scobloke2@infotop.co.uk>
Subject: Re: compiling socat on OSR505
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 09:15:38 +0000 (UTC) References: <bbkipd$cu5$1@titan.btinternet.com> <3ede360c$0$1103$8eec23a@newsreader.tycho.net>

John DuBois wrote:
> In article <bbkipd$cu5$1@titan.btinternet.com>,
> Ian Wilson  <scobloke2@infotop.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>>I am trying to compile socat on OSR505 using gcc from Skunkware.
>>socat looks like an incredibly useful tool, like netcat but more so.
>>http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/
>>
>>However, not being a C programmer I am finding it a bit difficult to 
>>port it to OSR5 despite the helpful PORTING guide supplied with socat 
>>source.
>>
>>Currently stuck with S_ISSOCK() not being supported under OSR5. Google 
>>reveals that this is non trivial to work around.
>>
>>Has anyone else had any success compiling socat on OSR5?
> 
> 
> It looks pretty nice.  Better timeout configurability than netcat (the main
> problem I've had with netcat), and it does the jobs of a few one-off programs
> I've written.
> 
> The solution for S_ISSOCK, unless you need the specific functionality it
> provides, it just to "#define S_ISSOCK(fmode) 0".  I did that, and a few other
> porting bits, and got socat to build under 5.0.6a.  The diff I sent to the
> maintainers is at:
> 
> ftp://ftp.armory.com/pub/user/spcecdt/socat-diff
> 
> Trivial tests indicate that it works.
> 
>    John

Woohoo, it does indeed work.

I tested the TCP sockets features by relaying a print-server web page:
socat TCP-LISTEN:8080,reuseaddr,fork TCP:jetdirect.example.com:80

I want to see if I can use socat to relay HTTP over plain serial modem 
links (i.e. getty not ppp) as a remote support aid.

Many thanks John,
Ian.

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