---
name: "openserunix"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "openser"
version: "1.3.2-3"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/openserunix"
---

# openserunix(8)

openser UNIX socket wrapper

## NAME

openserunix - openser UNIX socket wrapper

## SYNOPSIS

**openserunix** **path\_to\_socket**

## DESCRIPTION

**openserunix** is a wrapper for sending external commands **to OpenSER SIP server** via UNIX sockets interface.\
 This is a binary alternative to the textual FIFO interface.

**openserunix** reads from standard input one **OpenSER** command along with its paramters (if any) and prints the response  to standard output.

## PARAMETERS

- **path\_to\_socket**

  full path of the UNIX socket file used by OpenSER to receive the external commands

## EXAMPLES

An OpenSER commands consists in one ore more lines: first contains the command name enclosed between ":", the following lines containing the  command parameters, one per line.

echo ":uptime:" \| openserunix /tmp/openser.sock

## AUTHORS

see  **/usr/share/doc/openserAUTHORS**

## SEE ALSO

**[openser(8)](/openser/8.md),**[openser.cfg(5)](/openser.cfg/5.md),**[openserctl(8)](/openserctl/8.md)**

Full documentation on openser is available at *http://www.openser.org/.*

Mailing lists:

```
users@openser.org - openser user community
devel@openser.org - openser development, new features and unstable version
```