| XPCE-CLIENT(1) | General Commands Manual | XPCE-CLIENT(1) |
NAME¶
xpce-client - Contact an XPCE server socket
SYNOPSIS¶
xpce-client socket [-b] [-c command]
DESCRIPTION¶
xpce-client is a small program to contact an xpce(1) server socket and feed the xpce process commands. A generic server that provides the possibility to execute Prolog goals is available in the library(pce_server). This server may be started from xpce using the command
?- pce_server(socket).
after which this server may be contacted using:
% xpce-client socket
(pce) send(new(P, picture), open).
P = @717363
(pce) exit
%
(pce) send(new(P, picture), open).
P = @717363
(pce) exit
%
Options¶
- -b
- Block until the xpce server closes the connection. Otherwise xpce-client exists as soon as it has send all requests to the server without waiting for response.
- -c command
- Send command as a command to the server. Without this option, xpce-client will copy standard input to the server socket and copy any output from the socket to standard output.
SEE ALSO¶
COPYING¶
xpce-client(1) is not copyrighted. You may use, copy and modify its sources and/or binaries as you like.
AUTHOR¶
Jan Wielemaker, SWI, University of Amsterdam
| March 7 1995 |