NAME

       netinet/tcp.h - definitions for the Internet Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <netinet/tcp.h>

DESCRIPTION

       The  <netinet/tcp.h> header shall define the following macro for use as a socket option at
       the IPPROTO_TCP level:

       TCP_NODELAY
              Avoid coalescing of small segments.

       The macro shall be defined in the header. 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.

SEE ALSO

       <sys/socket.h>  ,  the  System  Interfaces  volume  of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, getsockopt(),
       setsockopt()

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and  reproduced  in  electronic  form  from  IEEE  Std
       1003.1,  2003  Edition,  Standard  for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
       Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003  by
       the  Institute  of  Electrical  and  Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE  and  The  Open  Group
       Standard,  the  original  IEEE  and  The  Open Group Standard is the referee document. The
       original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .