PC_TO_IRIS
Data Transmission Via UDP Sockets

PC_TO_IRIS is a C program which runs on a PC, uses the WINSOCK API, opens a socket under the UDP protocol, and sends data to another machine. The IRIS_TO_PC program can be used to receive this data.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

PC_TO_IRIS is available in a C version.

Related Programs:

IRIS_TO_PC is a C program which runs on an SGI IRIS and receives data transmitted by the PC_TO_IRIS program.

XDR, a C library which allows data to be transferred from one computer system to another using an external data representation;

Source Code:

• pc_to_iris.c, the source code;

List of Routines:

• MAIN the main program.
• BYTE2INT converts 4 bytes into an unsigned integer..
• INT2BYTE converts an unsigned integer into 4 bytes.
• SOCKET_LOCAL initializes the Windows Sockets API and creates a local socket..
• SOCKET_REMOTE returns the address of a remote host from its name.
• SOCKET_SEND sends data via the local socket to the remote port.
• SOCKET_TERMINATE closes the local socket and terminates the Socket API.

You can go up one level to the C source codes.