From: Ryan Parmeter <parkingmeter@...>
Date: 2007-09-05T07:53:10+09:00
Subject: Socket send functions only allow you to send strings?

I am writing a small TimeP (RFC 868) server to sync time with some
networking equipment.  The equipment that shall go nameless requires the
use of UDP.

As far as I can tell, my only option to write to a UDPSocket is to use
the send method, which takes a string.  I need to send a 32bit integer
representing the date in a UDP packet and I'd love to use something
like:

myUDPsocket.send( Time.now.to_i, 0, host, port)

In my situation I can't change the receiving program to accept a string
or I could do it that way. I can't convert the integer to a string
either because that would blow my 32 bit requirement.  Does anyone have
any idea?


~Parkingmeter
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