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# print the day time with a client socket

# get the module
interp:library "afnix-net"

# get the daytime server port
const port (afnix:net:get-tcp-service "daytime")

# create a client socket and read the data
const print-day-time (host) {
  # create a tcp client socket
  const s (afnix:net:TcpClient host port)

  # read the data - the server close the connection
  while (s:valid-p) (println (s:readln))
}

# check for one argument or use localhost
const host (if (== (interp:argv:length) 0) "localhost" (interp:argv:get 0))
print-day-time host