class TCPSocket

• TCPSocket
• IPSocket
• Socket
• IO
• Reference
• Object

Overview

A Transmission Control Protocol (TCP/IP) socket.

NOTE To use TCPSocket, you must explicitly import it with require "socket"

Usage example:

require "socket"

client = TCPSocket.new("localhost", 1234)
client << "message\n"
response = client.gets
client.close

Defined in:

Constructors

• .new(host, port, dns_timeout = nil, connect_timeout = nil, blocking = false)

  Preserve a hostname, if one is given.

Instance Method Summary

• #hostname : String

Constructor Detail

Instance Method Detail