creating a tcp connection on a plugin

[chokito76]

Hi, is it possible to create a plugin that connects to a TCP server open on the same computer attract-mode is running to send information like rom list swaps and games loaded?

[raygun]

Hi, you should be able to do this using the squirrel 'system' function in your script to run netcat:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netcat

system function doc: http://www.squirrel-lang.org/doc/sqstdlib3.html#d0e1938