unix.7: Introduce term "sequenced-packet" for SOCK_SEQPACKET

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2016-01-08 20:44:17 +01:00
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@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ for a datagram-oriented socket that preserves message boundaries
sockets are always reliable and don't reorder datagrams);
and (since Linux 2.6.4)
.BR SOCK_SEQPACKET ,
for a connection-oriented socket that preserves message boundaries
for a sequenced-packet socket that is connection-oriented,
preserves message boundaries,
and delivers messages in the order that they were sent.
UNIX domain sockets support passing file descriptors or process credentials