[vlc] Re: [PATCH] Make the "rc" interface plugin [optionally] listen on a socket

[Gildas Bazin]

On Saturday 24 July 2004 10:38, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
> The attached patch adds a "--commands-from" option to the rc interface.
> 
> Usage:
> 
> vlc --intf rc --commands-from 192.168.0.5:1234
> 
> -> You can send rc commands using "telnet 192.168.0.5 1234"
> 
> Alternatively:
> 
> vlc --intf rc --commands-from /tmp/vlc.sck
> 
> -> vlc will take the commands from a UNIX socket in /tmp/vlc.sck
> 
> Tested on Linux only, but stuff I know not to be portable is #ifdef'ed.
> 

Thanks for the patch.
I committed a reworked version which basically uses the network wrappers 
provided by VLC. It does simplify the code quite a lot.

--
Gildas

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