makarand@b17d.b17d.ingr.com (Makarand Gokhale) (06/20/91)
Hi I recently read about Transport Layer Interface (TLI) available in UNIX System V. It is expected to offer medium as well as protocol independence. After reading thru the Network Programmer's Guide I tried to write a simple client server program based on TLI. I was unsuccessful in running it. The UNIX System V Network Programmer's Guide explains TLI very well, but unfortunately does not provide enough information on how to write programs, what are the requirements, what information is necessary to write a network application. Could someone suggest some good reading material, or papers which give details on how to write programs in TLI that work. I would appreciate it if someone could send me a simpel client server program that I can write and execute. Also answers to following questions will be very helpful. 1. What are the preparations necessary before I can use TLI. 2. Do I need special device files ( I was trying to use /dev/tcp ). 3. What are the address format for using these device files. ( I kept getting bad address format for /dev/tcp on t_connect ). 4. Are there any restrictions ? I am used to TCP/IP Socket based interprocess communication, and I tried using the address format returned by gethostbyname(). THIS DOES NOT WORK . Does this TLI stuff really work? please post or E-mail me. Thanks in advance. Makarand Gokhale makarand@makarand.b17d.ingr.com "The views expressed herein are my own and do not in anyway represent company policies, procedures or anything" --