Where is the unix manual ?

[Joe Green]

When I do a:

import socket
print socket.socket().recv.__doc__

it tells me to look in the Unix manual. What is it on about, and is this
manual online?
I am generally struggeling with the documentation for socket, I want to do
RAW
sockets, but I can't find anything on it (I know IP, but not UNIX).

 

[Rene Pijlman]

Joe Green:

When I do a:

import socket
print socket.socket().recv.__doc__

it tells me to look in the Unix manual. What is it on about, and is this
manual online?

http://www.google.com/search?q=unix+manual+socket

 

[Jarek Zgoda]

import socket
print socket.socket().recv.__doc__

it tells me to look in the Unix manual. What is it on about, and is this
manual online?

Yes, just type "man 2 socket" or "man 2 recv" in your shell.

#v+
SOCKET(2) Linux Programmer's Manual SOCKET(2)

NAME
socket - create an endpoint for communication

SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>

int socket(int domain, int type, int protocol);

DESCRIPTION
Socket creates an endpoint for communication and returns a descriptor.
#v-

And so on...

 

[Joe Green]

I suppose it is obvious really, now that you have pointed it out --- thanks.

 

[Gerrit Holl]

#v+ (...)
#v-

Just curious. What does "#v+" mean and where does it come from? I tried
googling but it is something very difficult to google for. I take it it
means "begin data", "end data", but where does it come from?

yours,
Gerrit.

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gerhard_H=E4ring?=]

Just curious. What does "#v+" mean and where does it come from? I tried
googling but it is something very difficult to google for. I take it it
means "begin data", "end data", but where does it come from?

Sections marked with #v+ ... #v- are displayed specially in certain
newsreaders such as slrn, to distinguish program code from the rest of
the message.

-- Gerhard