Provided by: tcllib_1.15-dfsg-2_all 
NAME
ident - Ident protocol client
SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8.3
package require ident ?0.42?
::ident::query socket ?callback?
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DESCRIPTION
The ident package provides a client implementation of the ident protocol as defined in RFC 1413
(http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1413.txt).
::ident::query socket ?callback?
This command queries the ident daemon on the remote side of the given socket, and returns the
result of the query as a dictionary. Interpreting the dictionary as list the first key will
always be resp-type, and can have one of the values USERID, ERROR, and FATAL. These response
types have the following meanings:
USERID This indicates a successful response. Two more keys and associated values are returned,
opsys, and user-id.
ERROR This means the ident server has returned an error. A second key named error is present
whose value contains the error-type field from the server response.
FATAL Fatal errors happen when no ident server is listening on the remote side, or when the ident
server gives a response that does not conform to the RFC. A detailed error message is
returned under the error key.
BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK
This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems. Please
report such in the category ident of the Tcllib SF Trackers
[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883]. Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may
have for either package and/or documentation.
KEYWORDS
ident, identification, rfc 1413
CATEGORY
Networking
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2004 Reinhard Max <max@tclers.tk>