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;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
;;; Copyright © 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
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(define-module (gnu packages socat)
  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
  #:use-module (guix packages)
  #:use-module (guix download)
  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
  #:use-module (gnu packages openssl))

;; XXX: Group with other networking tools like tcpdump in a module?
(define-public socat
  (package
    (name "socat")
    (version "1.7.2.4")
    (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append
                    "http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/socat-"
                    version ".tar.bz2"))
              (sha256
               (base32
                "028yjka2zr6j1i8pmfmvzqki8ajczdl1hnry1x31xbbg3j83jxsb"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (arguments '(#:tests? #f))                    ;no 'check' phase
    (inputs `(("openssl" ,openssl)))
    (home-page "http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/")
    (synopsis
     "Open bidirectional communication channels from the command line")
    (description
     "socat is a relay for bidirectional data transfer between two independent
data channels---files, pipes, devices, sockets, etc.  It can create
\"listening\" sockets, named pipes, and pseudo terminals.

socat can be used, for instance, as TCP port forwarder, as a shell interface
to UNIX sockets, IPv6 relay, for redirecting TCP oriented programs to a serial
line, to logically connect serial lines on different computers, or to
establish a relatively secure environment (su and chroot) for running client
or server shell scripts with network connections. ")
    (license license:gpl2)))