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diff --git a/documentation/sockets.txt b/documentation/sockets.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 73dade6..0000000 --- a/documentation/sockets.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,28 +0,0 @@ -in hilbert os, a "socket" is a two-way byte-wise communication construct. each -socket has two ends, which can be either open or closed. each process has a -number of handles to sockets. sockets can be created in one of two ways: either -creating a private socket or connecting to a socket listener. - -private sockets: - a private socket is created with the "create private socket" system call. the - process creating the socket gets both ends of the socket. - -socket listeners: - a socket listener is created with the "create socket listener" system call. - an id string is passed to that system call and remains associated with the - listener throughout its lifetime. only one socket listener may have a given - id at once. while a socket listener exists, the owner of the listener can - call the "accept socket connection" system call, and any process can call the - "connect to socket" system call with that id passed. each of these system - calls blocks until the other occurs, at which point a socket is created with - the two process as its endpoints, and then both system calls return. the - listener remains alive after the socket is created, and can be used to create - more sockets until stopped with the "stop socket listener" system call. - -when a process is created, an end of a socket can be "gifted" to that process. -when that happens, the end remains open, and is now accessible by the giftee -and not by the gifter. - -when either end of a socket is closed, the other end of the socket remains -valid, and can be read from until empty. when both ends of a socket are closed, -the socket disappears. |