[linux-help] Re: programming a Linux server

[Greg House <ghouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 15 February 2001 23:25, John wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone has found decent howtos or sample code for
> servers (and clients). I need to write a Linux server in C/C++ to
> communicate with a client via TCP/IP, and I need something to get me
> started with establishing the connection, exchanging data (possibly in
> large chunks or files), and designing a client/server protocol. I've not
> found anything suitable so far on the web, but I'll continue to search.
>
> I'm probably not quite ready to try to understand the sendmail or apache
> source code yet...

I have a book from O'Reilly that covers network programming (among other 
things) in the Unix environment. "Using C on the Unix System", has a lion on 
the cover. It's a small book, talks about C programming in the unix 
environment. It's pretty old, I don't know if it's still available or not. I 
don't see it on their website, but there are others which look similar, such 
as "Practical C Programming".

There are examples in the book I have, enough to get you started anyway. For 
more in-depth information, there's the networking series by Douglas Comer, 
which is excellent. I think Book 2 covers the sockets programming interface 
(can't remember which volume it is, I know volume 1 is the overview and it 
covers simple protocols like ftp, telnet, etc). 

I don't know if it has specifically that, but a great recommendation for 
virtually anyone is "Unix Power Tools". Incredible resource. Gotta save my 
pennies to buy my own copy so I can quit borrowing from people at work.

Greg

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