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	Network Programmer's Guide
	Tru64 UNIX Version 5.0A or higher, April 2000

© Compaq Computer Corporation 2000

This manual describes the Compaq Tru64^TM 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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