[GRASSLIST:2452] Re: internet domain sockets

[Glynn Clements]

Daniel Isenegger wrote:

> in the programmers manual progmangrass50 (Chapter 12.19) i found an 
> example for a socket server. I tested it and it works fine.
> Unfortunately (at least for my needs) the routines desc. in 12.19 
> (G_sock_* which references unix_socks.c in  
> grass5sources/grass-5.0.3/src/libes/gis) uses unix domain sockets, which 
> generates in the /tmp/-directory a socket, which is not accessible from 
> a processes on other machines.
> 
> so the unix sockets communication is only usable from processes on the 
> same machine (or am I wrong here?).

You are correct.

The functions in unix_socks.c are there solely for communication
between the display drivers and the raster library, which only uses
AF_UNIX sockets.

> so my question is: are there other routines in grass which uses internet 
> domain sockets (which uses a host and port definition and therefore 
> should be usable on for processes on different machines)

No.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>