Serveez - A server framework.

serveez [OPTION]...

Serveez is a server framework. It provides routines and help for implementing IP based servers (currently TCP, UDP and ICMP). It is also possible to use named pipes for all connection oriented protocols.

We think it is worth the effort because many people need server functionality within their applications. However, many people experience problems with select()- or poll()-loops, and with non-blocking operations.

This application demonstrates various aspects of advanced network programming in a portable manner. It is known to compile and run on GNU/Linux systems, as well as on other 32-bit and 64-bit flavours of Unix and on Microsoft Windows (9x/ME/NT/2000/XP).

You can use it for implementing your own servers or for understanding how certain network services and operations work.

The package includes a number of servers that work already: an HTTP server, an IRC server, a Gnutella spider and some others. One of the highlights is that you can run all protocols on the same port. The application itself is single threaded but it uses helper processes for concurrent name resolution and ident lookups.

-h, --help

display this help and exit

-V, --version

display version information and exit

-i, --iflist

list local network interfaces and exit

-f, --cfg-file=FILENAME

file to use as configuration file (serveez.cfg)

-v, --verbose=LEVEL

set level of verbosity

-l, --log-file=FILENAME

use FILENAME for logging (default is stderr)

-P, --password=STRING

set the password for control connections

-m, --max-sockets=COUNT

set the max. number of socket descriptors

-d, --daemon

start as daemon in background

-c, --stdin

use standard input as configuration file

The latest version of Serveez can always be obtained from www.sourceforge.net, www.freshmeat.net or ftp.gnu.org

Known bugs are documented within the BUGS file. Please send Serveez bug reports to <bug-serveez@gnu.org>.

The full documentation for Serveez is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and serveez programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info serveez

should give you access to the complete manual.

Written by Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>, Raimund Jacob <raimi@lkcc.org> and Stefan Jahn <stefan@lkcc.org>.