# NAME
Sys::Sendfile::OSX - Exposing sendfile() for OS X
# SYNOPSIS
use Sys::Sendfile::OSX qw(sendfile);
open my $local_fh, '<', 'somefile';
my $socket_fh = IO::Socket::INET->new(
PeerHost => "10.0.0.1",
PeerPort => "8080"
);
my $rv = sendfile($local_fh, $socket_fh);
# DESCRIPTION
The sendfile() function is a zero-copy function for transferring the
contents of a filehandle to a streaming socket.
As per the man pages, the sendfile() function was made available as of Mac
OS X 10.5.
# Sys::Sendfile
Why would you use this module over [Sys::Sendfile](
https://metacpan.org/pod/Sys::Sendfile)? The answer is: you
probably wouldn't. [Sys::Sendfile](
https://metacpan.org/pod/Sys::Sendfile) is more portable, and supports more
platforms.
Use [Sys::Sendfile](
https://metacpan.org/pod/Sys::Sendfile).
# EXPORTED FUNCTIONS
- sendfile($from, $to\[, $count\]\[, $offset\])
Pipes the contents of the filehandle `$from` into the socket stream `$to`.
Optionally, only `$count` bytes will be sent across to the socket. Specifying a
`$count` of 0 is the same as sending the entire file, as per the man page.
Also optionally, `$offset` can be specified to set a specific-sized chunk from
a specific offset.
# REPOSITORY
[
https://github.com/ltriant/Sys-Sendfile-OSX](
https://github.com/ltriant/Sys-Sendfile-OSX)
# AUTHOR
Luke Triantafyllidis <
[email protected]>
# SEE ALSO
[Sys::Sendfile](
https://metacpan.org/pod/Sys::Sendfile), sendfile(2)
# LICENSE
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
