Where is the unix manual ?

When I do a:

import socket
print socket.socket().recv.__doc__

it tells me to look in the Unix manual. What is it on about, and is this
manual online?
I am generally struggeling with the documentation for socket, I want to do
RAW
sockets, but I can't find anything on it (I know IP, but not UNIX).

Joe Green <someone@microsoft.com> pisze:
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> import socket
> print socket.socket().recv.__doc__
>
> it tells me to look in the Unix manual. What is it on about, and is this
> manual online?[/color]

Yes, just type "man 2 socket" or "man 2 recv" in your shell.

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SOCKET(2) Linux Programmer's Manual SOCKET(2)

NAME
socket - create an endpoint for communication

SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>

int socket(int domain, int type, int protocol);

DESCRIPTION
Socket creates an endpoint for communication and returns a descriptor.
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And so on...

--
Jarek Zgoda
Registered Linux User #-1
http://www.zgoda.biz/ JID:jarek@jabberpl.org http://zgoda.jogger.pl/

Joe Green:[color=blue]
>When I do a:
>
>import socket
>print socket.socket().recv.__doc__
>
>it tells me to look in the Unix manual. What is it on about, and is this
>manual online?[/color]

http://www.google.com/search?q=unix+manual+socket

--
René Pijlman

I suppose it is obvious really, now that you have pointed it out --- thanks.

"Rene Pijlman" <reply.in.the.newsgroup@my.address.is.invalid> wrote in
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> Joe Green:[color=green]
> >When I do a:
> >
> >import socket
> >print socket.socket().recv.__doc__
> >
> >it tells me to look in the Unix manual. What is it on about, and is this
> >manual online?[/color]
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=unix+manual+socket
>
> --
> René Pijlman[/color]

Jarek Zgoda wrote:[color=blue]
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> #v-[/color]

Just curious. What does "#v+" mean and where does it come from? I tried
googling but it is something very difficult to google for. I take it it
means "begin data", "end data", but where does it come from?

yours,
Gerrit.

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Gerrit Holl wrote:[color=blue]
> Jarek Zgoda wrote:
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>>#v+[/color]
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> (...)
>[color=green]
>>#v-[/color]
>
> Just curious. What does "#v+" mean and where does it come from? I tried
> googling but it is something very difficult to google for. I take it it
> means "begin data", "end data", but where does it come from?[/color]

Sections marked with #v+ ... #v- are displayed specially in certain
newsreaders such as slrn, to distinguish program code from the rest of
the message.

-- Gerhard