sock(7sock)

sock -- socket interface driver

Description

The socket driver is used to provide socket emulation to applications. Sockets provide an alternative to TLI as an entry point into transport providers, such as tcp(7tcp). The socket driver is a character device that acts as an alternate stream head, augmenting the functions of the standard stream head. It also provides support for miscellaneous functions such as select(3sock).

Files

/dev/socksys: device interface to the socket driver

References

Intro(7tcp), ifconfig(1Mtcp), inet(7tcp), slattach(1Mtcp)