Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!chris From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: UNIX IPC Datagram Reliability under 4.2BSD Message-ID: <4930@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 19:23:01 EST Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.4930 Posted: Tue Jan 31 19:23:01 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Feb-84 08:16:46 EST References: <2392@fortune.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 15 I'm not sure if people understand what allegra!jdd (if I remember correctly) was saying. His point is that UNIX IPC datagrams, in AF_UNIX, on 4.2, *are* reliable. This is just a side-effect of the current implementation, but they might have noted this in the manual, with something like: "Oh by the way, it just so happens that right now, datagrams in AF_UNIX are reliable. This may change and we don't recommend that anyone rely on this. If you rely on this and it changes, that's your tough luck." -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris.umcp-cs@CSNet-Relay