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NAME
tcp-environ - TCP-related environment variables
DESCRIPTION
The following environment variables describe a TCP connection. They are set up by tcp-env, tcpclient, and tcpserver. Note that TCPLOCALHOST, TCPREMOTEHOST, and TCPREMOTEINFO can contain arbitrary characters.
PROTO | The string TCP. |
TCPLOCALHOST | |
The domain name of the local host, with uppercase letters converted to lowercase. If there is no currently available domain name for the local IP address, TCPLOCALHOST is not set. | |
TCPLOCALIP | |
The IP address of the local host, in dotted-decimal form. | |
TCPLOCALPORT | |
The local TCP port number, in decimal. | |
TCPREMOTEHOST | |
The domain name of the remote host, with uppercase letters converted to lowercase. If there is no currently available domain name for the remote IP address, TCPREMOTEHOST is not set. | |
TCPREMOTEINFO | |
A connection-specific string, perhaps a username, supplied by the remote host via 931/1413/IDENT/TAP. If the remote host did not supply connection information, TCPREMOTEINFO is not set. | |
TCPREMOTEIP | |
The IP address of the remote host. | |
TCPREMOTEPORT | |
The remote TCP port number. |