NAME

IO::SendFile - Perl extension that implements the sendfile() interface.

SYNOPSIS

  use IO::SendFile;
  IO::SendFile::sendfile( fileno(OUT), fileno(IN), $offset, $count );
  # Send file everything from filehandle IN from offset 
  # $offset and send $count bytes.

  use IO::SendFile qw( sendfile ); # import the senfile function
  sendfile( fileno(OUT), fileno(IN), $offset, $count );
        

DESCRIPTION

IO::SendFile implements the sendfile() function call. This version only works on linux.

IO::SendFile is released under the same conditions as perl itself.

AUTHOR

Arnar M. Hrafnkelsson, addi@umich.edu

SEE ALSO

perl(1). sendfile(2).