Network Programmer's Guide
Tru64 UNIX Version 5.1B or higher, September 2002

© 2002 Hewlett-Packard Company

This manual describes the HP Tru64 UNIX network programming environment. It describes the sockets and STREAMS frameworks, including information about system calls, header files, libraries, and software bridges that allow sockets programs to use STREAMS drivers and STREAMS programs to use BSD-based drivers. Additionally, it describes how to write programs to the X/Open Transport Interface (XTI), as well as how to port sockets-based applications to XTI. It also describes the Tru64 UNIX eSNMP API.

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