socket (long)

[Adrian J Ho]

In article <1991May16.033354.20029 at decuac.dec.com> mjr at 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.

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