TCPware V5.9 Programmer's Guide Table of Contents

• Introducing This Guide
• What You Need to Know Beforehand
• How This Guide Is Organized
• Online Help
• Obtaining Customer Support
• License Information
• Maintenance Services
• Reader's Comments Page
• Documentation Set
• Conventions Used
• Introduction
• TCP/IP Programming Concepts
  • Connection-Oriented Services and TCP
  • Connectionless Services and UDP
  • Socket Concepts
  • Naming Communication Endpoints
• Data Representation and Exchange
  • Data Encoding Schemes
  • Native Byte Order and Network Byte Order
• Programming Services Options
  • Device Drivers
  • VAX C and DEC C Socket Library and UCX Compatibility Services
  • TCPware Socket Library
  • System Queue Input/Output (QIO) Calls
  • FTP Library Routines
  • TELNET Library Routines
  • ONC RPC Services
• Network Programming with Sockets
  • Using Socket Calls in Network Programming
  • Socket System Calls
  • BSD Socket Data Structures
• Multicasting
  • Sending IP Multicast Datagrams
  • Receiving IP Multicast Datagrams
• Writing Application Programs
  • Writing a Stream Client
  • Writing a Stream Server
  • Writing a Datagram Client
  • Writing a Datagram Server
  • Writing Servers
• Introduction
• Multicasting
• Logicals
• Sample Programs
• Introduction
• Sequence of Operations
• Other Operations
• TCPDRIVER System Service Call Format
• TCPDRIVER System Service Call Arguments
• TCPDRIVER System Service Call Function Codes
• Sample Programs
  • C Programs
  • FORTRAN Program
• Introduction
• Sequence of Operations
• Other Operations
• User Datagram Protocol Implementation Notes
• UDPDRIVER System Service Call Format
• UDPDRIVER System Service Call Arguments
• UDPDRIVER System Service Call Function Codes
  • Status
• Sample Programs
  • C Programs
  • FORTRAN Program
• Introduction
• Sequence of Operations
• Other Operations
• Internet Protocol Implementation Notes
• IPDRIVER System Service Call Format
• IPDRIVER System Service Call Arguments
• IPDRIVER User Interface System Service Call Function Codes
  • Reading Extended Characteristics
  • Reading Network Device Information
  • Reading the Routing Table
  • Reading the ARP Table Function
• IPDRIVER External Interface
  • I/O Functions for the External Interface
  • Sequence of Operations for the Network Interface Program
  • IPDRIVER External Interface System Service Call Codes
• Introduction
• Sequence of Operations
  • Client Operations
  • Server Operations
• Multicasting
• Other Operations
• INETDRIVER Socket Library
• INETDRIVER System Service Call Format
• INETDRIVER System Service Call Arguments
• INETDRIVER System Service Call Function Codes
• Sample Programs
• Introduction
• Building an FTP Client
• Connection Control Block
• Transferring Files
• Error Status Codes
• Library Routines
• Introduction
• Transitioning to the C Socket Library: Include (Header) Files
• Transitioning to the C Socket Library: Linking Applications
• Sample Programs
• Introduction
• Connection Control Block
• Library Routines Reference
• User Command Processing
• Introduction
• Requirements
• Linking the Extension Agent Image
• Installing the Extension Agent Image
• Sample Code and Data Structures
• Debugging Code
• Subroutine Reference
• Introduction
• Supported Languages
• How to Use Functions
• Header Files
• Activating Program Shareable Image
• Function Reference
• Introduction
• What Are ONC RPC Services?
  • TCPware Implementation
  • Distributed Applications
• Components of ONC RPC Services
  • Run-Time Libraries (RTLs)
  • RPCGEN Compiler
  • Port Mapper
  • RPCINFO Command
• Client-Server Relationship
• External Data Representation (XDR)
• ONC 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
• Active Cache
• Broadcast RPC
• ONC RPC Batch Facilities
  • Batch Requirements
• Identifying Remote Programs and Procedures
  • Remote Program Numbers
  • Remote Version Numbers
  • Remote Procedure Numbers
• Additional Terms
• 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
  • Building a Structure
• 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
  • Using Asynchronous Transports
  • Writing an Asynchronous Server
  • Before You Begin
  • Writing the Code
  • How Asynchronous Transports Affect Memory
  • Asynchronous System Traps
• RPCINFO Utility
  • Requesting a Program Listing
  • Calling a NULL Routine
• 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
• Introduction
• Management Routines
• Routine Name Conventions
• Header Files
• Boolean Values
• TCPware/Sun Implementation Differences
• Management Routines
• Introduction
• Common Arguments
• Client Routines
• Introduction
• Port Mapper Routines
• Port Mapper Arguments
• Routine Descriptions
• Introduction
• Server Routines
• Routine Descriptions
• Introduction
• XDR Routines
  • What XDR Routines Do
  • When to Call XDR Routines
• Quick Reference
• Routine Descriptions
  • Diagnostics
• Introduction
• Introducing Sample Programs
• Running Sample Programs
  • Running GETSYI Client
  • Running PRINT Client
  • Running SYSINFO Client
• Miscellaneous Clients and Servers
• Batch RPC Sample Programs
• Broadcast RPC Sample Programs
• Introduction
• Include (Header) Files
• Linking Applications
• Sample Programs
• Subroutine Categories
  • Socket Operations
  • Lookup Operations
  • Byte Order Conversion Operations
  • Byte String Operations
  • Internet Address Conversion Subroutines
  • Server Operation
• Subroutine Data Structures
• WIN/TCP Socket Library Support
  • Using WIN/TCP Applications Under TCPware
  • Recompiling and Linking WIN/TCP Applications
• Socket Library Reference
• Sample Discard Protocol Programs