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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!nsw1.news.telstra.net!wa.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.xnet.com!news-admin From: Paul Young <phy@xnet.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Sys V Streams Vs. BSD Sockets Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 14:28:55 +0000 Organization: Virtual Software, Inc. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3337E127.7BEA@xnet.com> References: <5h4rte$92a@news.interlog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: phy.xnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37886 Paul Griffith wrote: > > I know this is a generic Unix question (if there is such a thing), but > where can I find a FAQ on the major differences in streams and sockets > ? Is one better for some tasks ?? > They are not mutually exclusive. BSD sockets is on most SysV systems, though there are a few semantic differences. If you mean TLI vs Sockets, then there are some references - check out the Networking Interfaces section of the SvR4 programmer's guide - it can be ordered from Sun (for Solaris 2.5x) or SCO (for Unixware). Also, Comer's 'Internetworking with TCP/IP vol 3' has separate versions for TLI and sockets. > Thank You > Paul Griffith - paulg@interlog.com -- Paul H. Young H:(847) 202-3841 phy@xnet.com, http://www.xnet.com/~phy ----------------------------------------------