sockets, where can I find documentation?

[John Pote]

Thanks everyone for such a quick response.
Brilliant!

John Pote

"John Pote" <johnpote at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message 
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> Hi all,
>
> I want to use python on a server to access incoming TCP port accesses. So 
> I need to use the socket interface which is new to me. To quote the Py 
> Library Reference "7.2 socket -- Low-level networking interface":-
>
> For an introduction to socket programming (in C), see the following 
> papers: An Introductory 4.3BSD Interprocess Communication Tutorial, by 
> Stuart Sechrest and An Advanced 4.3BSD Interprocess Communication 
> Tutorial, by Samuel J. Leffler et al, both in the Unix Programmer's 
> Manual, Supplementary Documents 1 (sections PS1:7 and PS1:8). The 
> platform-specific reference material for the various socket-related system 
> calls are also a valuable source of information on the details of socket 
> semantics. For Unix, refer to the manual pages; for Windows, see the 
> WinSock (or Winsock 2) specification. For IPv6-ready APIs, readers may 
> want to refer to RFC 2553 titled Basic Socket Interface Extensions for 
> IPv6.
>
> Where can I get the various papers mentioned in the manual? And as I like 
> books sitting on the shelf can someone recommend a book on sockets.
>
> many thanks,
>
> John Pote
>