TCP.H(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual TCP.H(7)
NAME
netinet/tcp.h —
definitions for the Internet Transmission Control Protocol
(TCP)
SYNOPSIS
#include
<netinet/tcp.h>
DESCRIPTION
The <netinet/tcp.h> header shall define the following macro for use as a socket option at the IPPROTO_TCP level:
- TCP_NODELAY
- Avoid coalescing of small segments.
The macro shall be defined in the header. The implementation need not allow the value of the option to be set via setsockopt(3) or retrieved via getsockopt(3).
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
<sys/socket.h> , the System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”), getsockopt(3), setsockopt(3)
CHANGE HISTORY
First released in Issue 6. Derived from the XNS, Issue 5.2 specification.
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December 6, 2001 posix.fail