From 80c1ff651e04cc1c96a99a6078992b76adebce82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tobias Girstmair <tobi@isticktoit.net>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 18:24:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] document socat usage

this was one of the originally brainstormed features, but implementing
it turned out to not be necessary. now there's a documented workaround.
---
 README.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 30db4c2..1a97ebd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ exploits how the server interprets JOIN messages with multiple channels.
 ircpipe -n myNick -j '#myChan1,#myChan2' -s irc.example.com >> /var/log/irc
 ```
 
+Sometimes, communicating using stdin and stdout might not be ideal. socat(1) can
+be used to connect ircpipe to a UNIX domain (or any other kind of) socket.
+
+```
+socat EXEC:'ircpipe -s -n myNick irc.example.com' UNIX-LISTEN:/tmp/ircpipe
+```
 
 ## Caveats
 
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2.39.3