Audience

This book is intended for programmers who are new to the SunOS platform or want more familiarity with some portion of the interfaces provided. Additional interfaces and facilities for networked applications are described in the ONC+ Developer’s Guide.

This manual assumes basic competence in programming, a working familiarity with the C programming language, and familiarity with the UNIX operating system, particularly networking concepts. For more information on UNIX networking basics, see W. Richard Stevens' UNIX Network Programming, second edition, Upper Saddle River, Prentice Hall, 1998.