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@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: OpenTcp.3,v 1.4 2002/01/23 20:46:01 dgp Exp $
-.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_OpenTcpClient 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.so man.macros
.BS
'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
@@ -25,18 +24,18 @@ Tcl_Channel
\fBTcl_OpenTcpServer\fR(\fIinterp, port, myaddr, proc, clientData\fR)
.sp
.SH ARGUMENTS
-.AS Tcl_ChannelType newClientProcPtr in
+.AS Tcl_TcpAcceptProc clientData
.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
Tcl interpreter to use for error reporting. If non-NULL and an
error occurs, an error message is left in the interpreter's result.
.AP int port in
A port number to connect to as a client or to listen on as a server.
-.AP "CONST char" *host in
+.AP "const char" *host in
A string specifying a host name or address for the remote end of the connection.
.AP int myport in
A port number for the client's end of the socket. If 0, a port number
is allocated at random.
-.AP "CONST char" *myaddr in
+.AP "const char" *myaddr in
A string specifying the host name or address for network interface to use
for the local end of the connection. If NULL, a default interface is
chosen.
@@ -50,15 +49,13 @@ accepted via the socket.
.AP ClientData clientData in
Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIproc\fR.
.BE
-
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
These functions are convenience procedures for creating
channels that communicate over TCP sockets.
The operations on a channel
are described in the manual entry for \fBTcl_OpenFileChannel\fR.
-
-.SH TCL_OPENTCPCLIENT
+.SS TCL_OPENTCPCLIENT
.PP
\fBTcl_OpenTcpClient\fR opens a client TCP socket connected to a \fIport\fR
on a specific \fIhost\fR, and returns a channel that can be used to
@@ -95,43 +92,42 @@ is left in the interpreter's result.
.PP
The newly created channel is not registered in the supplied interpreter; to
register it, use \fBTcl_RegisterChannel\fR.
-If one of the standard channels, \fBstdin, stdout\fR or \fBstderr\fR was
+If one of the standard channels, \fBstdin\fR, \fBstdout\fR or \fBstderr\fR was
previously closed, the act of creating the new channel also assigns it as a
replacement for the standard channel.
-
-.SH TCL_MAKETCPCLIENTCHANNEL
+.SS TCL_MAKETCPCLIENTCHANNEL
.PP
\fBTcl_MakeTcpClientChannel\fR creates a \fBTcl_Channel\fR around an
existing, platform specific, handle for a client TCP socket.
.PP
The newly created channel is not registered in the supplied interpreter; to
register it, use \fBTcl_RegisterChannel\fR.
-If one of the standard channels, \fBstdin, stdout\fR or \fBstderr\fR was
+If one of the standard channels, \fBstdin\fR, \fBstdout\fR or \fBstderr\fR was
previously closed, the act of creating the new channel also assigns it as a
replacement for the standard channel.
-
-.SH TCL_OPENTCPSERVER
+.SS TCL_OPENTCPSERVER
.PP
\fBTcl_OpenTcpServer\fR opens a TCP socket on the local host on a specified
\fIport\fR and uses the Tcl event mechanism to accept requests from clients
-to connect to it. The \fImyaddr\fP argument specifies the network interface.
-If \fImyaddr\fP is NULL the special address INADDR_ANY should be used to
+to connect to it. The \fImyaddr\fR argument specifies the network interface.
+If \fImyaddr\fR is NULL the special address INADDR_ANY should be used to
allow connections from any network interface.
Each time a client connects to this socket, Tcl creates a channel
for the new connection and invokes \fIproc\fR with information about
-the channel. \fIProc\fR must match the following prototype:
+the channel. \fIProc\fR must match the following prototype:
+.PP
.CS
-typedef void Tcl_TcpAcceptProc(
- ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
- Tcl_Channel \fIchannel\fR,
- char *\fIhostName\fR,
- int \fIport\fP);
+typedef void \fBTcl_TcpAcceptProc\fR(
+ ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
+ Tcl_Channel \fIchannel\fR,
+ char *\fIhostName\fR,
+ int \fIport\fR);
.CE
.PP
The \fIclientData\fR argument will be the same as the \fIclientData\fR
argument to \fBTcl_OpenTcpServer\fR, \fIchannel\fR will be the handle
for the new channel, \fIhostName\fR points to a string containing
-the name of the client host making the connection, and \fIport\fP
+the name of the client host making the connection, and \fIport\fR
will contain the client's port number.
The new channel
is opened for both input and output.
@@ -159,21 +155,15 @@ a remote client is pending.
.PP
The newly created channel is not registered in the supplied interpreter; to
register it, use \fBTcl_RegisterChannel\fR.
-If one of the standard channels, \fBstdin, stdout\fR or \fBstderr\fR was
+If one of the standard channels, \fBstdin\fR, \fBstdout\fR or \fBstderr\fR was
previously closed, the act of creating the new channel also assigns it as a
replacement for the standard channel.
-
-.VS
.SH "PLATFORM ISSUES"
.PP
On Unix platforms, the socket handle is a Unix file descriptor as
returned by the \fBsocket\fR system call. On the Windows platform, the
-socket handle is a \fBSOCKET\fR as defined in the WinSock API. On the
-Macintosh platform, the socket handle is a \fBStreamPtr\fR.
-.VE
-
+socket handle is a \fBSOCKET\fR as defined in the WinSock API.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Tcl_OpenFileChannel(3), Tcl_RegisterChannel(3), vwait(n)
-
.SH KEYWORDS
-client, server, TCP
+channel, client, server, socket, TCP