From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2006-03-24T10:52:24+09:00
Subject: [ANN] socket_sendfile

= socket_sendfile

Rubyforge Project:

http://rubyforge.org/projects/rctools/

Documentation:

http://dev.robotcoop.com/Libraries/socket_sendfile/

== About

Socket#sendfile implements sendfile(2) for sending files without  
copying data
to the process.  See the sendfile(2) manual page for more details.

Note that your system must support the sendfile(2) system call the  
same way
FreeBSD does for Socket#sendfile to work.

== Installing socket_sendfile

First you need an OS that supports sendfile() the way FreeBSD does.

Then install the gem:

   $ sudo gem install socket_sendfile

== Using socket_sendfile

   require 'rubygems'
   require 'socket'
   require 'socket_sendfile'

   socket = TCPSocket.open host, port

   File.open 'myfile' do |fp|
     socket.sendfile fp
   end

-- 
Eric Hodel - drbrain@segment7.net - http://blog.segment7.net
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