sendfile

h1. Ruby sendfile(2) Interface

This module allows Ruby programs to access their OS's native sendfile(2) system call from any IO object. Your kernel must export a recognized signature for the sendfile(2) system call to use this module. Currently, that includes Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD.

h2. Installation

Download and install the latest package from the rubyforge.org RubyGems repository.

$ gem install sendfile

If the tests all pass, you're ready to start using sendfile!

h2. Usage

Here's a small example of a use of IO#sendfile.

bc.. require 'socket' require 'rubygems' require 'sendfile' s = TCPSocket.new 'yourdomain.com', 5000 File.open 'somefile.txt' { |f| s.sendfile f } s.close

p. See the test scripts for more examples on how to use this module.