[ksh93-integration-discuss] Re: [ast-users] /dev/tcp+/dev/udp notcompiled-in for Solaris ksh93r...

[Casper.Dik at Sun.COM]

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>On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 23:28:03 +0200 Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote:
>> Also you must note that libxnet is not a proper library; it's
>> a filter; it does not contain actual code but rather a view
>> on libsocket/libnsl/libc
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>where is the definition of "filter" in this context?

A "filter" library in Solaris parlance is a library which
provides a view on a set of libraries.

It contains definitions like "you can find socket() in libsocket".

In this particular case it just republishes a number of functions
and not more than those.

(You will also need to appriopriate #defines)

Just linking would not seem to make a different; the compilation environment
is more important.

Another example is libthread/libpthread; all functions are actually in
libc but you can still "find" the functions in libthread.

Casper