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General Introduction
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   This file documents the networking features in GNU Awk (`gawk')
version 3.1 and later.

Preface: About this document.
Introduction: About networkiing.
Using Networking: Some examples.
Some Applications and Techniques: More extended examples.
Links: Where to find the stuff mentioned in this
GNU Free Documentation License: The license for this document.
Index: The index.
Stream Communications: Sending data streams.
Datagram Communications: Sending self-contained messages.
The TCP/IP Protocols: How these models work in the Internet.
Basic Protocols: The basic protocols.
Ports: The idea behind ports.
Making Connections: Making TCP/IP connections.
Gawk Special Files: How to do `gawk' networking.
Special File Fields: The fields in the special file name.
Comparing Protocols: Differences between the protocols.
File /inet/tcp: The TCP special file.
File /inet/udp: The UDB special file.
File /inet/raw: The RAW special file.
TCP Connecting: Making a TCP connection.
Troubleshooting: Troubleshooting TCP/IP connections.
Interacting: Interacting with a service.
Setting Up: Setting up a service.
Email: Reading email.
Web page: Reading a Web page.
Primitive Service: A primitive Web service.
Interacting Service: A Web service with interaction.
CGI Lib: A simple CGI library.
Simple Server: A simple Web server.
Caveats: Network programming caveats.
Challenges: Where to go from here.
PANIC: An Emergency Web Server.
GETURL: Retrieving Web Pages.
REMCONF: Remote Configuration Of Embedded Systems.
URLCHK: Look For Changed Web Pages.
WEBGRAB: Extract Links From A Page.
STATIST: Graphing A Statistical Distribution.
MAZE: Walking Through A Maze In Virtual Reality.
MOBAGWHO: A Simple Mobile Agent.
STOXPRED: Stock Market Prediction As A Service.
PROTBASE: Searching Through A Protein Database.

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