[lug] Unix vs. Linux programming for TCP/IP

[D. Stimits]

bof wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'd like to learn more about Unix programming in general and TCP/IP 
> programming in specific, and have been looking at the following sources:
> 
>    Stevens's Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (APUE)
>    Stevens's TCP/IP programming series (3 volumes)
>    Comer's Internetworking with TCP/IP (3 volumes)
> 
> In several of these the C code examples appear to be written for Unix 
> --- the APUE book predates BSD4.4; the other Stevens's are for 
> BSD4.4-Lite; the volume 2 of Comer is for ANSI C (OS unknown), while his 
> volume 3 uses Linux.
> 
> I wondering what kind of problems I might encounter by studying these 
> and doing the code examples under Red Hat Linux. I can install and use 
> FreeBSD 4.6 if necessary, but I know Linux better and would prefer to 
> use it.
> 
> Any opinions?

You might find that in some places headers are different for a given set 
of functionality, but with rgrep it isn't hard to find the correct 
headers in the rare case that they don't match.

D. Stimits, stimits AT attbi.com