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.SH NAME
\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.
.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
.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.
.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