Georg Brandl | 116aa62 | 2007-08-15 14:28:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | .. _ipc: |
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| 3 | ***************************************** |
| 4 | Interprocess Communication and Networking |
| 5 | ***************************************** |
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| 7 | The modules described in this chapter provide mechanisms for different processes |
| 8 | to communicate. |
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| 10 | Some modules only work for two processes that are on the same machine, e.g. |
Nick Coghlan | bac9a53 | 2012-08-20 18:05:46 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | :mod:`signal` and :mod:`mmap`. Other modules support networking protocols |
Georg Brandl | 116aa62 | 2007-08-15 14:28:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | that two or more processes can used to communicate across machines. |
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| 14 | The list of modules described in this chapter is: |
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| 16 | |
| 17 | .. toctree:: |
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Georg Brandl | 116aa62 | 2007-08-15 14:28:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | socket.rst |
Thomas Wouters | ed03b41 | 2007-08-28 21:37:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | ssl.rst |
Georg Brandl | 116aa62 | 2007-08-15 14:28:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | asyncore.rst |
| 22 | asynchat.rst |
Nick Coghlan | bac9a53 | 2012-08-20 18:05:46 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | signal.rst |
| 24 | mmap.rst |