MultiNet V5.3 Programmer's Reference Table of Contents

• Preface
  • Purpose of this Guide
  • Document Structure
  • Obtaining Customer Support
  • Before Contacting Customer Support
  • Sending Electronic Mail
  • Calling Customer Support
  • Contacting Customer Support by Fax
  • Obtaining Online Help
  • MultiNet Frequently Asked Questions List
  • Accessing the MultiNet Public Mailing List
  • Process Software World Wide Web Server
  • Obtaining Software Patches Over the Internet
  • Typographical Conventions
  • Further Reading
  • Documentation Comments
• MultiNet Programming Tutorial
  • Sockets
  • TCP Client
  • TCP Server
  • UDP
  • BSD-Specific Tips
    • TCP/IP Services (UCX) Compatibility
• Socket Library Functions
  • AST Reentrancy
    • accept()/accept_44()
    • bcmp()
    • bcopy()
    • bind()/bind_44()
    • bzero()
    • connect()/connect_44()
    • Domain Name Resolver Routines
    • endhostent()
    • endnetent()
    • endprotoent()
    • endservent()
    • getdtablesize()
    • gethostbyaddr()/gethostbyaddr_44()
    • getaddrinfo()
    • getnameinfo()
    • gethostbyname()/gethostbyname_44()
    • gethostbysockaddr()/gethostbysockaddr_44()
    • gethostname()
    • getnetbyaddr()
    • getnetbyname()
    • getpeername()/getpeername_44()
    • getprotobyname()
    • getprotobynumber()
    • getprotoent()
    • getservbyname()
    • getservbyport()
    • getservent()
    • getsockname()/getsockname_44()
    • getsockopt()
    • gettimeofday()
    • hostalias()
    • htonl()
    • htons()
    • inet_addr()
    • inet_lnaof()
    • inet_makeaddr()
    • inet_netof()
    • inet_network()
    • inet_ntoa()
    • klread()
    • klseek()
    • klwrite()
    • listen()
    • multinet_kernel_nlist
    • nlist()
    • ntohl()
    • ntohs()
    • recv()/recv_44()
    • recvfrom()recvfrom_44()
    • recvmsg()/recvmsg_44()
    • select()
    • select_wake()
    • send()/send_44()
    • sendmsg()/sendmsg_44()
    • sendto()/sendto_44
    • sethostent()
    • setnetent()
    • setprotoent()
    • setservent()
    • setsockopt()
    • shutdown()
    • socket()
    • socket_close()
    • socket_ioctl()
    • socket ioctl FIONBIO
    • socket ioctl FIONREAD
    • socket ioctl SIOCADDRT
    • socket ioctl SIOCDELRT
    • socket ioctl SIOCATMARK
    • socket ioctl SIOCDARP
    • socket ioctl SIOCGARP
    • socket ioctl SIOCSARP
    • socket ioctl SIOCGIFADDR
    • socket ioctl SIOCSIFADDR
    • socket ioctl SIOCGIFBRDADDR
    • socket ioctl SIOCSIFBRDADDR
    • socket ioctl SIOCGIFCONF
    • socket ioctl SIOCGIFDSTADDR
    • socket ioctl SIOCSIFDSTADDR
    • socket ioctl SIOCGIFFLAGS
    • socket ioctl SIOCSIFFLAGS
    • socket ioctl SIOCGIFMETRIC
    • socket ioctl SIOCSIFMETRIC
    • socket ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK
    • socket ioctl SIOCSIFNETMASK
    • socket option SO_BROADCAST
    • socket option SO_DEBUG
    • socket option SO_DONTROUTE
    • socket option SO_ERROR
    • socket option SO_KEEPALIVE
    • socket option SO_LINGER
    • socket option SO_OOBINLINE
    • socket option SO_RCVBUF
    • socket option SO_RCVLOWAT
    • socket option SO_RCVTIMEO
    • socket option SO_REUSEADDR
    • socket option SO_SNDBUF
    • socket option SO_SNDLOWAT
    • socket option SO_SNDTIMEO
    • socket option SO_TYPE
    • socket option TCP_KEEPALIVE
    • socket option TCP_NODELAY
    • socket_perror()
    • socket_read()
    • socket_write()
    • vms_errno_string()
• $QIO Interface
  • IO$_ACCEPT
  • IO$_ACCEPT_WAIT
  • IO$_BIND
  • IO$_CONNECT
  • IO$_GETPEERNAME
  • IO$_GETSOCKNAME
  • IO$_GETSOCKOPT
  • IO$_IOCTL
  • IO$_LISTEN
  • IO$_RECEIVE (IO$_READVBLK)
  • IO$_SELECT
  • IO$_SEND
  • IO$_SENSEMODE
  • IO$_SENSEMODE | IO$M_CTRL
  • IO$_SETCHAR
  • IO$_SETMODE|IO$M_ATTNAST
  • IO$_SETSOCKOPT
  • IO$_SHUTDOWN
  • IO$_SOCKET
  • SYS$CANCEL
  • SYS$DASSGN
• SNMP Extensible Agent API Routines
  • Requirements
  • Linking the Extension Agent Image
  • Installing the Extension Agent Image
  • Debugging Code
  • Subroutine Reference
    • SnmpExtensionInit
    • SnmpExtensionInitEx
    • SnmpExtensionQuery
    • SnmpExtensionTrap
• RPC Fundamentals
  • Introduction
  • What Are RPC Services?
    • MultiNet Implementation
    • Distributed Applications
  • Components of RPC Services
    • Run-Time Libraries (RTLs)
    • RPCGEN Compiler
    • Port Mapper
    • RPC Information
  • Client-Server Relationship
  • External Data Representation (XDR)
  • RPC Processing Flow
  • Local Calls Versus Remote Calls
    • Handling System Crashes
    • Handling Errors
    • Call Semantics
  • Programming Interface
    • High-Level Routines
    • Mid-Level Routines
    • Low-Level Routines
  • Transport Protocols
  • XID Cache
    • Cache Entries
    • Cache Size
    • Execution Guarantees
    • Enabling XID Cache
  • Broadcast RPC
  • Identifying Remote Programs and Procedures
    • Remote Program Numbers
    • Remote Version Numbers
    • Remote Procedure Numbers
  • Additional Terms
• Building Distributed Applications with RPC
  • Introduction
  • Distributed Application Components
  • What You Need to Do
  • Step 1: Design the Application
  • Step 2: Write and Compile the Interface Definition
  • Step 3: Write the Necessary Code
  • Step 4: Compile All Files
  • Step 5: Link the Object Code
  • Step 6: Start the Port Mapper
  • Step 7: Execute the Client and Server Programs
  • Obtaining RPC Information
    • Requesting a Program Listing
• RPCGEN Compiler
  • Introduction
  • What Is RPCGEN?
  • Software Requirements
  • Input Files
  • Output Files
  • Preprocessor Directives
  • Invoking RPCGEN
    • Creating All Output Files at Once
    • Creating Specific Output Files
    • Examples:
    • Creating Server Stubs for TCP or UDP Transports
  • Error Handling
  • Restrictions
• RPC RTL Management Routines
  • Introduction
  • Management Routines
  • Routine Name Conventions
  • Header Files
  • Management Routines
    • get_myaddress
    • getrpcbynumber
    • getrpcport
• RPC RTL Client Routines
  • Introduction
  • Common Arguments
  • Client Routines
    • auth_destroy
    • authnone_create
    • authunix_create
    • authunix_create_default
    • callrpc
    • clnt_broadcast
    • clnt_call
    • clnt_control
    • clnt_create
    • clnt_destroy
    • clnt_geterr
    • clnt_pcreateerror / clnt_spcreateerror
    • clnt_perrno / clnt_sperrno
    • clnt_perror / clnt_sperror
    • clntraw_create
    • clnttcp_create
    • clntudp_create / clntudp_bufcreate
• RPC RTL Port Mapper Routines
  • Introduction
  • Port Mapper Routines
  • Port Mapper Arguments
    • pmap_getmaps
    • pmap_getport
    • pmap_rmtcall
    • pmap_set
    • pmap_unset
• RPC RTL Server Routines
  • Introduction
  • Server Routines
    • registerrpc
    • svc_destroy
    • svc_freeargs
    • svc_getargs
    • svc_getreqset
    • svc_register
    • svc_run
    • svc_sendreply
    • svc_unregister
    • svcerr_auth
    • svcfd_create
    • svcraw_create
    • svctcp_create
    • svcudp_create /
    • svcudp_bufcreate
    • svcudp_enablecache
    • xprt_register
    • xprt_unregister
• RPC RTL XDR Routines
  • Introduction
  • XDR Routines
    • What XDR Routines Do
    • When to Call XDR Routines
  • Quick Reference
    • xdr_accepted_reply
    • xdr_array
    • xdr_authunix_parms
    • xdr_bool
    • xdr_bytes
    • xdr_callhdr
    • xdr_callmsg
    • xdr_char
    • xdr_double
    • Diagnostics
    • xdr_enum
    • xdr_float
    • xdr_free
    • xdr_hyper
    • xdr_int
    • xdr_long
    • xdr_netobj
    • xdr_opaque
    • xdr_opaque_auth
    • xdr_pmap
    • xdr_pmaplist
    • xdr_pointer
    • xdr_reference
    • xdr_rejected_reply
    • xdr_replymsg
    • xdr_short
    • xdr_string
    • xdr_u_char
    • xdr_u_hyper
    • xdr_u_int
    • xdr_u_long
    • xdr_u_short
    • xdr_union
    • xdr_vector
    • xdr_void
    • xdr_wrapstring
    • xdrmem_create
    • xdrrec_create
    • xdrrec_endofrecord
    • xdrrec_eof
    • xdrrec_skiprecord
    • xdrstdio_create