The socat distribution contains the following files:

* README: an introduction to socat

* FILES: a navigator through the socat distribution (this file)

* EXAMPLES: a collection of simple examples how to use socat.

* COPYING: what you and others are allowed to do with socat.

* PORTING: instructions and tips if you want to try socat on a new platform.

* BUGREPORTS: instructions what to do with problems and contributions.

* SECURITY: tips if you want to use socat in a security relevant environment.

* DEVELOPMENT: infos for programmers

* VERSION: the version of the socat distribution, for inclusion during
compilation

* CHANGES: what happened since first public release

* socat.1: man page of socat
* socat.html: html version of man page
* xio.help: reference manual of the address definitions (xioopen function)

* daemon.sh: example shell script for running socat as TCP relay daemon
* ftp.sh: example shell based ftp client, using socat for transport
* mail.sh: example shell based smtp client, for execution by socat

* gatherinfo.sh: shell script for gathering info about platform and socat
implementation

* server.pem: a self signed test cerificate, for self test only


The source code system:

* configure: the autoconf generated configurator script

* Makefile.in: the Makefile source input to configure

* config.h.in: the config.h source input to configure

* Config/config.<platform>.h: sample config.h for platform.
* Config/Makefile.<platform>: sample Makefile for platform.
Copy the appropriate files to ./config.h and ./Makefile if configure fails

* socat.c: the main C source, including option parsing, general control, and
the data shuffler

* xio-*.c, xio-*.h: the source of the different address type implementations
with all their modes and options

* xio*.c, xio*.h: the source of the xio API and xio utilities

* filan.c, filan.h: file descriptor analyzer function

* dalan.c, dalan.h: data language, a most primitive subset of what should
become a language for describing/generating all kinds of binary data.

* error.c, error.h: the logging subsystem

* sycls.c, sycls.h: explicit system call and C library trace functions
* sslcls.c, sslcls.h: explicit openssl call trace functions

* xioconfig.h: ensures some dependencies between configure WITH defines; to be
included immediately after config.h

* sysutils.c, sysutils.h: some more general system (socket, IP) related
functions, e.g. converting socket addresses to human readable form

* utils.c, utils.h: useful additions to C library; currently memdup, binary
search, and setenv.

* mytypes.h: some types and macros I miss in C89

* test.sh: an incomplete attempt to automate tests of socat

* compat.h: ensure some features that might be missing on some platforms