Interprocess communication using UNIX domain sockets

Networking library routines for UNIX sockets

The manual pages for the SCO TCP/IP networking library routines are contained in:

SSC: Socket System Calls
SLIB: System Library Routines

Most of the routines in libsocket are concerned with providing a uniform interface between the application system and the network database. The routines perform commonly used file name handling and manipulation.

These routines have been designed with flexibility in mind. As more communication protocols become available, the same user interface will be maintained in accessing network-related address databases. The only difference is the values returned to the user. Because these values are normally supplied by the system, users should not need to be directly aware of the communication protocol and/or naming conventions in use.

The SCO TCP/IP networking library routines are C programming language function calls. They are relinked with the library at link-time. The interface can support a variety of protocols. The file netdb.h must be included when using any of these routines.

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