From a12f446c4c160e6fb969c35ff01578e5f0965ecc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pieter Hintjens Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:36:56 +0200 Subject: Modified zmq_tcp(7) to emphasize wildcard interfaces --- doc/zmq_tcp.txt | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/zmq_tcp.txt b/doc/zmq_tcp.txt index 1713eb4..2264d75 100644 --- a/doc/zmq_tcp.txt +++ b/doc/zmq_tcp.txt @@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ colon and the TCP port number to use. An 'interface' may be specified by either of the following: -* The interface name as defined by the operating system. +* The wildcard `*`, meaning all available interfaces. * The primary IPv4 address assigned to the interface, in its numeric representation. -* The wildcard `*`, meaning that the interface address is unspecified. +* The interface name as defined by the operating system. NOTE: Interface names are not standardised in any way and should be assumed to be arbitrary and platform dependent. On Win32 platforms no short interface @@ -124,15 +124,15 @@ EXAMPLES -------- .Assigning a local address to a socket ---- +/* TCP port 5555 on all available interfaces */ +rc = zmq_bind(socket, "tcp://*:5555"); +assert (rc == 0); /* TCP port 5555 on the local loopback interface on all platforms */ rc = zmq_bind(socket, "tcp://127.0.0.1:5555"); assert (rc == 0); /* TCP port 5555 on the first ethernet network interface on Linux */ rc = zmq_bind(socket, "tcp://eth0:5555"); assert (rc == 0); -/* TCP port 5555 with an unspecified interface */ -rc = zmq_bind(socket, "tcp://*:5555"); -assert (rc == 0); ---- .Connecting a socket -- cgit v1.2.3