IPC::XPA This class provides access to the XPA messaging system library, "xpa", developed by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's High Energy Astrophysics R&D Group. The library provides simple inter-process communication via calls to the "xpa" library as well as via supplied user land programs. The method descriptions below do not duplicate the contents of the documentation provided with the "xpa" library. Only the client side routines are accessible. Methods Unless otherwise specified, the class and instance methods are simple wrappers around the similarly named XPA routines (just prefix the Perl routines with "XPA"). The XPA Library The XPA library is available via the Alien::XPA Perl module on CPAN, as well as at . INSTALLATION This is a Perl module distribution. It should be installed with whichever tool you use to manage your installation of Perl, e.g. any of cpanm . cpan . cpanp -i . Consult http://www.cpan.org/modules/INSTALL.html for further instruction. Should you wish to install this module manually, the procedure is perl Makefile.PL make make test make install COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is Copyright (c) 2017 by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. This is free software, licensed under: The GNU General Public License, Version 3, June 2007