NAME

netinet/tcp.h — definitions for the Internet Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

SYNOPSIS

#include <netinet/tcp.h>

DESCRIPTION

The <netinet/tcp.h> header shall define the following symbolic constant for use as a socket option at the IPPROTO_TCP level:

TCP_NODELAY

Avoid coalescing of small segments.

The implementation need not allow the value of the option to be set via setsockopt() or retrieved via getsockopt().

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

<sys/socket.h>

XSH getsockopt, setsockopt

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 6. Derived from the XNS, Issue 5.2 specification.

Issue 7

This reference page is clarified with respect to macros and symbolic constants.