luasocket/README
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This directory contains the implementation of the protocols FTP, HTTP
and SMTP. The files provided are:
http.lua -- HTTP protocol implementation
The module http.lua provides general HTTP client support. The
implementation conforms to the HTTP/1.1 standard, RFC 2068.
smtp.lua -- SMTP protocol implementation
The module smtp.lua provides functionality to send e-mail messages to a
SMTP mail server. The implementation conforms to RFC 821.
ftp.lua -- FTP protocol implementation
The module ftp.lua provides functions to download and upload files from
and to FTP servers. The implementation conforms to RFC 959.
base64.lua -- base64 encoding implementation
The base64.lua module provides base64 encoding and decoding. The module
is used for the HTTP Basic Authentication Scheme, and conforms to RFC
1521.
buffer.lua -- fast concatenation library
The module buffer.lua implements, completely in Lua, a set of functions
that greatly improves the performance of repeated concatenations of Lua
strings. The module was created by Roberto Ierusalimschy.
These modules are part of the LuaSocket library and are supported.
Please send any comments to diego@tecgraf.puc-rio.br.