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Developing applications using XTI or TLI

XTI and sockets

The socket interface, made popular by the Berkeley version of UNIX, is another API that programs can use to access transport providers. A socket closely resembles an XTI transport endpoint. In general, both XTI and the sockets library provide similar functionality.

The list below calls out some of the differences between XTI and sockets. This information may be useful to those who are already familiar with socket programming or who have programs they wish to port from sockets to XTI. Note that a sockets library is available for use on SCO systems with the TCP and UDP protocols.

The above list is not exhaustive. Compare the manual pages for both the sockets library (SSC and SLIB) and XTI for more detailed information.


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