Information about the package, perl-IO-FDPass, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-IO-FDPass package is designed for, Pass a file descriptor over a socket.
Package Name:
perl-IO-FDPass
Summary:
Pass a file descriptor over a socket
Description:
This small low-level module only has one purpose: pass a file descriptor to another process, using a (streaming) UNIX domain socket (on POSIX systems) or any (streaming) socket (on WIN32 systems). The ability to pass file descriptors on Windows is currently the unique selling point of this module. Have I mentioned that it is really small, too?
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.1
Release:
3.el6
Size:
15 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-IO-FDPass package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-IO-FDPass
This command will install perl-IO-FDPass on the server.
yum remove perl-IO-FDPass
This command will un-install perl-IO-FDPass on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-IO-FDPass, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-IO-FDPass
This command will un-install perl-IO-FDPass on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-IO-FDPass when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-IO-FDPass
This command will update perl-IO-FDPass to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-IO-FDPass, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-IO-FDPass
This command will update perl-IO-FDPass to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-IO-FDPass when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-IO-FDPass
This command will show you core information about the perl-IO-FDPass package.
yum deplist perl-IO-FDPass
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-IO-FDPass. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update perl-IO-FDPass
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-IO-FDPass. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.