Thanks everyone for such a quick response. Brilliant! John Pote
"John Pote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list