Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:31373 comp.unix.programmer:1835 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!samsung!think.com!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!agate!adrianho From: adrianho@barkley.berkeley.edu (Adrian J Ho) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.programmer Subject: Re: socket (long) Message-ID: Date: 16 May 91 10:43:33 GMT References: <1991May11.191723.10048@latcs2.lat.oz.au> <1991May16.033354.20029@decuac.dec.com> Sender: root@agate.berkeley.edu (Charlie Root) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 81 In-Reply-To: mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com's message of 16 May 91 03: 33:54 GMT In article <1991May16.033354.20029@decuac.dec.com> mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) writes: %% > I am a beginner in learning socket system call on my own and I find %% > myself end up man the online manual page without any clue and example %% > of what is going on . %% I should maybe have cron post this for me about once a month. ;) Make that once a week, from the frequency of requests. 8-) %% The Berkeley IPC Primer is an excellent intro with examples and %% a very straightforward explanation of how to do basic IPC. It's available %% for anonymous FTP from finer archive servers near you, and requires only ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ %% some basic knowledge of *roff to format. You're a real tease, you know that? 8-) Some "finer archive sites" (according to Archie the Wise): Host kth.se (130.237.72.201) Last updated 05:04 9 May 1991 Location: /doc/4.3/ps1 DIRECTORY rwxrwxr-x 512 Sep 22 1987 07.ipctut DIRECTORY rwxrwxr-x 512 Sep 22 1987 08.ipc Host dutepp0.et.tudelft.nl (130.161.144.65) Last updated 05:05 2 May 1991 Location: /Unix/Network/bsd-sources/src/network/doc DIRECTORY rwxr-xr-x 512 Mar 25 10:04 07.ipctut DIRECTORY rwxr-xr-x 512 Mar 25 10:04 08.ipc Host uunet.uu.net (192.48.96.2) Last updated 23:28 1 May 1991 Location: /bsd-sources/share/doc/ps1 DIRECTORY rwxrwxr-x 512 Nov 29 17:33 07.ipctut DIRECTORY rwxrwxr-x 512 Nov 21 12:40 08.ipc Host wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) Last updated 23:25 30 Apr 1991 Location: /unix/4.3bsd-reno/share/doc/ps1 DIRECTORY rwxrwxr-x 512 Apr 3 14:15 07.ipctut DIRECTORY rwxrwxr-x 512 Apr 3 14:15 08.ipc Host cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu (128.146.8.62) Last updated 05:12 28 Apr 1991 Location: /doc/ps1 DIRECTORY rwxrwxr-x 2048 Nov 9 07:51 07.ipctut DIRECTORY rwxrwxr-x 2048 Nov 9 07:51 08.ipc Host apple.com (130.43.2.2) Last updated 05:06 25 Apr 1991 Location: /pub/ArchiveVol2/4.3bsd-reno/share/doc/ps1 DIRECTORY rwxr-xr-x 512 Jan 4 18:09 07.ipctut DIRECTORY rwxr-xr-x 512 Jan 4 18:09 08.ipc Host watserv1.waterloo.edu (129.97.129.140) Last updated 05:03 22 Apr 1991 Location: /tahoe/doc/ps1 DIRECTORY rwxr-xr-x 512 Aug 27 1988 07.ipctut DIRECTORY rwxr-xr-x 512 Aug 27 1988 08.ipc Host ocf.berkeley.edu (128.32.184.254) Last updated 05:25 9 Apr 1991 Location: /pub/Library/Computer/doc.4.3/ps1 DIRECTORY rwxr-xr-x 1024 Feb 9 01:59 07.ipctut DIRECTORY rwxr-xr-x 1024 Feb 9 01:59 08.ipc As a side note, I can testify that ocf.berkeley.edu is a pretty flaky machine, so don't expect to be able to connect too often. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Ho, EECS (pronounced "eeks!") Dept. Phone: (415) 642-5563 UC Berkeley adrianho@barkley.berkeley.edu