Net::DummyInetd - A dummy Inetd server

SYNOPSIS

           use Net::DummyInetd;
           use Net::SMTP;

           $inetd = new Net::DummyInetd qw(/usr/lib/sendmail -ba -bs);

           $smtp  = Net::SMTP->new('localhost', Port => $inetd->port);

DESCRIPTION

       Net::DummyInetd is just what it's name says, it is a dummy
       inetd server.  Creation of a Net::DummyInetd will cause a
       child process to be spawned off which will listen to a
       socket. When a connection arrives on this socket the
       specified command is fork'd and exec'd with STDIN and
       STDOUT file descriptors duplicated to the new socket.

       This package was added as an example of how to use
       Net::SMTP to connect to a sendmail process, which is not
       the default, via SIDIN and STDOUT.  A Net::Inetd package
       will be available in the next release of libnet

CONSTRUCTOR

       new ( CMD )
           Creates a new object and spawns a child process which
           listens to a socket.  CMD is a list, which will be
           passed to exec when a new process needs to be created.

METHODS

       port
           Returns the port number on which the DummyInetd object
           is listening

AUTHOR

       Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 1995-1997 Graham Barr. All rights reserved.
       This program is free software; you can redistribute it
       and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.