Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:58:54 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: shibbsd@spymac.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netcat strange behaviour Message-ID: <4270FA2E.7020706@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <20050427163029.31F1143D55@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20050427163029.31F1143D55@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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shibbsd@spymac.com wrote:
>My netcat is the one from the official FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE s the system here now to check the exact version; I'll check it and post it
>to the maillist a.s.a.p. (or look in web-cvs).
>
>As of telnet, it runs o.k., but I wanted to use netcat in a shell script... :(
>Besides, that is what netcat is designed for, is it not?
>
>PS. sorry, as of 5.4-RELEASE I meant 5.4-RC2
>
>
Try
pkg_info -I netcat\*
Regardless of whether it is up-to-date or not you should try remaking
it. If it's not up-to-date then you should update it first. The
handbook will tell you how. Try nc reading from stdin
nc -i 1 localhost 110
and type the commands just like to telnet. Does that work?
If it still doesn't work then there may be a bug in the port on 5.4 and
you might try reporting it.
Also, there seems to be a gnetcat port which is a rewrite of netcat.
Try that.
--Alex
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