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From: willis@CSSUN.TAMU.EDU (Willis Marti)
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Subject: TCP Push?
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Date: 28 Sep 90 14:42:59 GMT
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This has to be one of the novice questions, but I haven't been able to dig out
the answer.
Programming under SunOS 4.1, using sockets and send and all that, how can I
tell the TCP to "push" the (possibly buffered) data out *now* and not wait to
piggyback anything.  I don't want to use URGENT (and I'm not sure it has the
same effect).  The only thing I see is to use setsockopt so that TCP *never*
delays... Not really the effect I want either.
What I want is flush for a socket.
Is the PUSH bit implemented? Can I (an application program) set it?
RTFM's accepted, if you'll give me the page.
Thanks,
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 Willis F. Marti                Internet: willis@cs.tamu.edu
 Director, Computer Services Group, Dept of Computer Science, Texas A&M Univ.
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