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+%%
+%% %CopyrightBegin%
+%%
+%% Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2009. All Rights Reserved.
+%%
+%% The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
+%% Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+%% compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
+%% Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
+%% retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
+%%
+%% Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+%% basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+%% the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+%% under the License.
+%%
+%% %CopyrightEnd%
+%%
+-module(erl_reply).
+
+%% Syncronisation with erl_start (erl_interface)
+
+-export([reply/1]).
+
+%% send Msg to Addr:Port
+%% all args are atoms since we call this from erl command line
+
+-spec reply([atom()]) -> 'ok' | 'reply_done'.
+
+reply([Addr,Port,Msg]) ->
+ Ip = ip_string_to_tuple(atom_to_list(Addr)),
+ P = list_to_integer(atom_to_list(Port)),
+ M = atom_to_list(Msg),
+ {ok, S} = gen_tcp:connect(Ip,P,[]),
+ gen_tcp:send(S,M),
+ gen_tcp:close(S),
+ reply_done;
+reply(_) ->
+ error_logger:error_msg("erl_reply: Can't find address and port "
+ "to reply to~n").
+
+%% convert ip number to tuple
+ip_string_to_tuple(Ip) ->
+ [Ip1,Ip2,Ip3,Ip4] = string:tokens(Ip,"."),
+ {list_to_integer(Ip1),
+ list_to_integer(Ip2),
+ list_to_integer(Ip3),
+ list_to_integer(Ip4)}.
+