V10/man/adm/man3/tcp.3

.TH TCP 3X
.CT 2 comm_mach
.SH NAME
tcp_sock, tcp_connect, tcp_listen, tcp_accept, tcp_rcmd \(mi tcp networking functions
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <sys/inet/tcp_user.h>
.PP
.B int tcp_sock();
.PP
.B int tcp_connect(fd, tp)
.B int fd;
.B struct tcpuser *tp;
.PP
.B int tcp_listen(fd, tp)
.B int fd;
.B struct tcpuser *tp;
.PP
.B int tcp_accept(fd, tp)
.B int fd;
.B struct tcpuser *tp;
.PP
.B "int tcp_rcmd(host, port, locuser, remuser, cmd, fd2p)"
.B char *host, *port, *locuser, *remuser, *cmd;
.B int *fd2p;
.PP
.SH DESCRIPTION
These routines are loaded by the
.B -lin
option of
.IR ld (1).
.PP
TCP is a protocol layered
upon IP (internet protocol).
It provides full-duplex byte stream connections between
end points called sockets.
The address of a socket is composed of the internet address
of its host and the port number to which
the socket is bound.
.PP
.I Tcp_sock
returns the file descriptor of an unbound socket.
Once opened, a socket may be bound to a port number within the
host and set up as the active or passive end of a connection.
.PP
Addresses and parameters are passed in 
.B tcpuser
structures:
.PP
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.ft L
.ta 8n
struct tcpuser {
	int code;
	tcp_port lport, fport;
	in_addr laddr, faddr;
	int param;
};
.fi
.ft R
.PP
.I Lport
and
.I laddr
refer to the port and address numbers of the local end of a connection.
.I Fport
and
.I faddr
refer to the port and address numbers of the foreign end of a connection.
.PP
.I Tcp_connect
binds socket
.I fd
to port
.IB tp ->lport
and attempts to set up a connection to
the socket bound to port
.IB tp ->fport
on host
.IB tp ->faddr.
If
.IB tp ->lport
is 0, a local port number is automatically
chosen.
.I Tcp_connect
returns 0
if the connection is established, \-1 otherwise.
.IB Tp ->lport
and
.IB tp ->laddr
are filled in to reflect the local port and address numbers for the connection.
Communication proceeds by performing
.IR read (2)
and
.IR write
on
.IR fd .
If
.IB tp ->param
is non-zero, it specifies options to set for the connection.
The only option supported is
.B SO_KEEPALIVE
which causes empty messages to be sent periodically to
detect dead connections.
.PP
.I Tcp_listen
binds socket
.I fd
to port
.IB tp ->lport
and configures the socket to listen for connection requests to that port.
If
.IB tp ->faddr
and
.IB tp ->fport
are non-zero, only connections coming from sockets on machine
.I faddr
and bound to port
.I fport
are listened for.
.I Tcp_listen
returns 0
on success, \-1
otherwise.
.IB tp ->laddr
is filled in to reflect the local address number for the connection.
.IR Select (2)
can be used with a listening socket to provide asynchronous polling of
connection requests by selecting for pending input on the socket.
.PP
.I Tcp_accept
waits for and accepts a connection request sent to the listening socket
.I fd.
When a connection arrives,
.I tcp_accept
returns a new file descriptor over which communications can proceed.
.IB Tp ->faddr,
.IB tp ->fport,
.IB tp ->laddr,
and
.IB tp ->lport
are filled in to identify the two ends of the connection.
.IB Tp ->param
is filled in with the minor device number of the
tcp device used for the new connection.
.I Fd
is left open and continues listening for connections.
.PP
.I Tcp_rcmd
remotely executes a
.I cmd
on
.I host
as user
.I remuser.
Standard input is attached to
.I cmd's
standard input and
.I cmd's
standard output is attached to standard output.
If
.I fd2p
is non-zero, it is filled with the file descriptor of a new TCP connection attached
to
.I cmd's
standard error.
Otherwise,
.I cmd's
standard error is attached to its standard output.
.SH FILES
.TP 12
.F /dev/tcp*
the socket devices
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR ipc (3),
.IR internet (3), 
.IR udp (3)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.I Tcp_sock
returns \-1
if no sockets are available.