netinet_tcp.h0p

Definitions for the internet transmission control protocol (tcp)

Usage

#include <netinet/tcp.h>

Prolog

This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

Overview

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().

The following sections are informative.

Application usage

None.

Rationale

None.

Future directions

None.