BSD Sockets Interface Programmer's Guide

60 Chapter 3
Advanced Topics for Stream Sockets
This chapter explains the following:
• Socket options.
• Synchronous I/O multiplexing with select.
• Sending and receiving data asynchronously.
• Nonblocking I/O.
• Using shutdown.
• Using read and write to make stream sockets transparent.
• Sending and receiving out of band data.