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If PORT is not specified, it will bind on port 70. If GOPHERDIR is not |
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provided, it defaults to "./". Before starting `gosher` you might need |
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to modify the values of the variables `NETCAT` and `STYLE` in `gosher` |
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(see "Which netca?" below). |
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(see "Which netcat?" below). |
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If the selector is a directory, `gosher` will look for a file named |
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`gophermap` to render the submenu. If a `gophermap` does not exist, |
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@ -26,23 +26,26 @@ set of options. For the sake of using `gosher`, the main issue is |
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whether your `netcat` implementation does exit or not when its standard |
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input gets closed. Notably, the original `netcat` implementation by |
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hobbit@avian.org does **not** exit, while other common implementations |
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(OpenBSD `netcat`, `ncat` from the nmap project, and GNU `netcat`). The |
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current version of `gosher` can work with different implementations of |
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`netcat`, provided that the variable `NETCAT` points to the `netcat` |
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version you want to use, and that the variable `STYLE` in `gosher` is set |
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correctly. Please check below what is the recommended combination for |
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your version of `netcat`: |
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+----------------+--------+ |
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| netcat version | STYLE | |
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| traditional | 'fork' | |
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+----------------+--------+ |
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| OpenBSD | 'pipe' | |
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+----------------+--------+ |
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| ncat | 'pipe' | |
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+----------------+--------+ |
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(OpenBSD `netcat`, `ncat` from the nmap project, and GNU `netcat`) |
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normally do. The current version of `gosher` can work with different |
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implementations of `netcat`, provided that the variable `NETCAT` points |
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to the `netcat` version you want to use, and that the variable `STYLE` |
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in `gosher` is set correctly. In particular, `STYLE` can pe set equal to |
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either 'pipe' or 'fork'. Please check below what is the recommended |
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combination for your version of `netcat`: |
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+----------------+--------------+--------------+ |
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| netcat version | STYLE='fork' | STYLE='pipe' | |
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+----------------+--------------+--------------+ |
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| traditional | YES | NO | |
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+----------------+--------------+--------------+ |
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| OpenBSD | NO | YES | |
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+----------------+--------------+--------------+ |
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| ncat | YES | YES | |
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+----------------+--------------+--------------+ |
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**N.B.: Using STYLE='pipe' is preferable, since the '-c' option used by |
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the 'fork' mode is a potential security risk** |
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## Why `gosher`? |
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