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author | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
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committer | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
commit | 4f2d7949f03e1c198bc888f2d05f421d35c57e21 (patch) | |
tree | ba5f07bf3f9d22d82e54a462313f5d244036c768 /app-misc/nullmodem/metadata.xml |
reinit the tree, so we can have metadata
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diff --git a/app-misc/nullmodem/metadata.xml b/app-misc/nullmodem/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..815e2658c87a --- /dev/null +++ b/app-misc/nullmodem/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> +<maintainer type="person"> + <email>tomjbe@gentoo.org</email> +</maintainer> +<longdescription> +Pseudo-Terminals (ptys) are a type of interprocess communication with a master +and a slave end. One program (in our case nullmodem) opens the master sides of +connections and therefore provides connectible slave sides of connections. +If nullmodem receives some data on one of these connections it retransmits them +on all other connections. It can be seen as a network with star-type wiring. +Because the names of the slave side ptys are dynamic, nullmodem creates +symbolic links to filenames of your choice. +e.g. the command nullmodem /tmp/loop0 /tmp/loop1 /tmp/loop2 +creates a pty-network with 3 slave sides linked to the names /tmp/loop0, +/tmp/loop1 and /tmp/loop2. +If you close a slave side connection nullmodem will detect this and provide +a new stub to connect to and update the symbolic link. +</longdescription> +</pkgmetadata> |