# NAME Sys::Sendfile::OSX - Exposing sendfile() for OS X # SYNOPSIS use Sys::Sendfile::OSX qw(sendfile); open my $local_fh, '<', 'somefile'; my $socket_fh = IO::Socket::INET->new( PeerHost => "10.0.0.1", PeerPort => "8080" ); my $rv = sendfile($local_fh, $socket_fh); # DESCRIPTION The sendfile() function is a zero-copy function for transferring the contents of a filehandle to a streaming socket. As per the man pages, the sendfile() function was made available as of Mac OS X 10.5. # Sys::Sendfile Why would you use this module over [Sys::Sendfile](https://metacpan.org/pod/Sys::Sendfile)? The answer is: you probably wouldn't. [Sys::Sendfile](https://metacpan.org/pod/Sys::Sendfile) is more portable, and supports more platforms. Use [Sys::Sendfile](https://metacpan.org/pod/Sys::Sendfile). # EXPORTED FUNCTIONS - sendfile($from, $to\[, $count\]\[, $offset\]) Pipes the contents of the filehandle `$from` into the socket stream `$to`. Optionally, only `$count` bytes will be sent across to the socket. Specifying a `$count` of 0 is the same as sending the entire file, as per the man page. Also optionally, `$offset` can be specified to set a specific-sized chunk from a specific offset. # AUTHOR Luke Triantafyllidis # SEE ALSO [Sys::Sendfile](https://metacpan.org/pod/Sys::Sendfile), sendfile(2) # LICENSE This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.