.TH MINI-INETD 1 "1997 April 13" .SH NAME mini-inetd \- small TCP/IP connection dispatcher .SH SYNOPSIS .B mini-inetd .RB [ -d ] \fR[\fB-m \fImaxconnections\fR] .I \fR[\fPlocaladdr\fB:\fP\fR]\fPport .I program [\fIargv0 argv1\fR ...] .SH DESCRIPTION .B mini-inetd listens for TCP/IP connections on \fIport\fP. For each connection, \fIprogram\fP is started with standard input and standard output connected to the socket. If \fIlocaladdr\fP is given, mini-inetd only listens for connections on the interface specified by that hostname or IP address, otherwise, it listens to all IP interfaces on the machine. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-d Debug... .TP .B \-m \fImaxconnections\fP Exit after \fImaxconnections\fP connections has been handled. .SH SEE ALSO .PD .BR tcpconnect (1), .BR tcplisten (1), .BR inetd (1m). .SH BUGS The names of the options are not yet finalized, and may change at a future release.