Metadata-Version: 1.0 Name: python-passfd Version: 0.2 Summary: Python functions to pass file descriptors across UNIX domain sockets Home-page: http://code.google.com/p/python-passfd/ Author: Martin Ferrari Author-email: martin.ferrari@gmail.com License: GPLv2 Description: This simple extension provides two functions to pass and receive file descriptors across UNIX domain sockets, using the BSD-4.3+ sendmsg() and recvmsg() interfaces. Direct bindings to sendmsg and recvmsg are not provided, as the API does not map nicely into Python. Please note that this only supports BSD-4.3+ style file descriptor passing, and was only tested on Linux. Patches are welcomed! For more information, see one of the R. Stevens' books: - Richard Stevens: Unix Network Programming, Prentice Hall, 1990; chapter 6.10 - Richard Stevens: Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, Addison-Wesley, 1993; chapter 15.3 Platform: Linux