>> secondly, "reveal" is meant to drop into background, accepting >> connections on TCP/4523 where it replies with the concatenation of the >> originating IPv4 address and port number. > > is there a reason for not using listen(8)? all that is needed is a > script in /bin/service/tcp4523 nearly identical /bin/service/tcp565
Yes, because I'm trying to tighten up on APE so that it makes sense when in turn it is "ported" to GCC. Enough people think GCC is a worthwhile investment, even though it seems like a lot of effort to me, that it is worth getting APE and GNU to converge as much as possible to avoid unnecessary repetition. ++L
