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LuaSocket 2.0.2 + CMake build description.
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1 This directory contains code that is more useful than the
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2 samples. This code *is* supported.
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4 tftp.lua -- Trivial FTP client
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6 This module implements file retrieval by the TFTP protocol.
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7 Its main use was to test the UDP code, but since someone
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8 found it usefull, I turned it into a module that is almost
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9 official (no uploads, yet).
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11 dict.lua -- Dict client
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13 The dict.lua module started with a cool simple client
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14 for the DICT protocol, written by Luiz Henrique Figueiredo.
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15 This new version has been converted into a library, similar
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16 to the HTTP and FTP libraries, that can be used from within
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17 any luasocket application. Take a look on the source code
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18 and you will be able to figure out how to use it.
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20 lp.lua -- LPD client library
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22 The lp.lua module implements the client part of the Line
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23 Printer Daemon protocol, used to print files on Unix
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24 machines. It is courtesy of David Burgess! See the source
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25 code and the lpr.lua in the examples directory.
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27 b64.lua
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28 qp.lua
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29 eol.lua
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31 These are tiny programs that perform Base64,
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32 Quoted-Printable and end-of-line marker conversions.
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34 get.lua -- file retriever
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36 This little program is a client that uses the FTP and
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37 HTTP code to implement a command line file graber. Just
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38 run
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40 lua get.lua <remote-file> [<local-file>]
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42 to download a remote file (either ftp:// or http://) to
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43 the specified local file. The program also prints the
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44 download throughput, elapsed time, bytes already downloaded
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45 etc during download.
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47 check-memory.lua -- checks memory consumption
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49 This is just to see how much memory each module uses.
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51 dispatch.lua -- coroutine based dispatcher
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53 This is a first try at a coroutine based non-blocking
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54 dispatcher for LuaSocket. Take a look at 'check-links.lua'
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55 and at 'forward.lua' to see how to use it.
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57 check-links.lua -- HTML link checker program
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59 This little program scans a HTML file and checks for broken
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60 links. It is similar to check-links.pl by Jamie Zawinski,
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61 but uses all facilities of the LuaSocket library and the Lua
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62 language. It has not been thoroughly tested, but it should
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63 work. Just run
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65 lua check-links.lua [-n] {<url>} > output
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67 and open the result to see a list of broken links. Make sure
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68 you check the '-n' switch. It runs in non-blocking mode,
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69 using coroutines, and is MUCH faster!
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71 forward.lua -- coroutine based forward server
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73 This is a forward server that can accept several connections
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74 and transfers simultaneously using non-blocking I/O and the
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75 coroutine-based dispatcher. You can run, for example
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77 lua forward.lua 8080:proxy.com:3128
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79 to redirect all local conections to port 8080 to the host
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80 'proxy.com' at port 3128.
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82 unix.c and unix.h
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84 This is an implementation of Unix local domain sockets and
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85 demonstrates how to extend LuaSocket with a new type of
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86 transport. It has been tested on Linux and on Mac OS X.
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88 Good luck,
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89 Diego.