Preface

This manual describes the programmatic interfaces to transport services in the Solaris operating environment.

In this guide, the terms SunOS^TM and Solaris^TM are used interchangeably because the interfaces described in this manual are common to both. Solaris 7, the distributed computing operating environment for SunSoft^TM, is a superset of SunOS. It consists of SunOS release 5.7 with ONC+^TM, OpenWindows^TM, ToolTalk^TM, DeskSet^TM, OPEN LOOK, and other utilities. This release of Solaris is fully compatible with System V, Release 4 (SVR4) of UNIX® and conforms to the third edition of the System V Interface Description (SVID). It supports all System V network services.

Who Should Use This Book

The guide assists you in developing a networked, distributed application in the Solaris operating environment.

Use of this guide assumes basic competence in programming, a working familiarity with the C programming language, and a working familiarity with the UNIX operating system. Previous experience in network programming is helpful, but is not required to use this manual.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, Introduction to Network Programming Interfaces gives a high-level introduction to networking concepts and the topics covered in this book.

Chapter 2, Programming With Sockets describes the socket interface at the transport layer.

Chapter 3, Programming with XTI and TLI describes the X/Open Transport Interface (XTI) and UNIX System V Transport Layer Interface (TLI).

Chapter 4, Transport Selection and Name-to-Address Mapping describes the network selection mechanisms used by applications in selecting a network transport and its configuration.

Ordering Sun Documents

The SunDocs^SM program provides more than 250 manuals from Sun Microsystems, Inc. If you live in the United States, Canada, Europe, or Japan, you can purchase documentation sets or individual manuals using this program.

• For a list of documents and how to order them, see the catalog section of SunExpress^TM Internet site at http://www.sun.com/sunexpress.

Related Books

The following online System AnswerBook^TM products cover related network programming topics:

• Solaris 7 Reference Manual Collection

• Solaris 7 Software Developer Collection

The following third-party books are excellent sources on network programming topics:

• Stevens, Richard W.UNIX Network Programming. Prentice Hall Software Series, 1990.

• Rago, Stephen A. System V Network Programming. Addison-Wesley, 1993.

• Stevens, Richar W. TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume I. Addison-Wesley, 1994.

• Padovano, Michael. Networking Applications on UNIX System V Release 4. Prentice Hall, Inc., 1993

• Comer, Douglas E. and Srevens, David L. Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume I: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture, 2nd Edition. Prentice Hall, Inc., 1991.

• Comer, Douglas E. and Stevens, David L. Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume II: Design, Implementation, and Internals. Prentice Hall, Inc., 1991.

• Comer, Douglas E. and Stenens, David L. Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume III: Client-Server Programming and Applications, BSD Sockets Version. Prentice Hall, Inc., 1993.

• Comer, Douglas E. and Stevens, David L. Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume III: Client-Server Programming and Applications, AT&T TLI Version. Prentice Hall, Inc., 1994.

What Typographic Changes and Symbols Mean

Table P-1 describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% You have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	machine_name% su Password:
AaBbCc123	Command-line placeholder:  replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

Table P-2 shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	machine_name%
C shell superuser prompt	machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	#