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[mIXpRo]

hii,
i'm a new to programing , and i would be thankful if someone answers my question ,
sorry if it seems nobbie :-
how does programs like networking programs working on a different os like windows/linux interacts with one another ?
i mean when you write c program for instance the functions arent the same in both os , e.g accessing files on the system work differently on this os

thnx in advance .

[WingedPanther]

TCP/IP or UDP

[mIXpRo]

but how , sockets functions doesn't match ; think of it like this you write a program for the same purpose like file sharing , and you make to versions on for windows and one for linux how do this programs access another's os file system (files) .

[Alexander]

The client takes care of the interaction between the systems, the underlaying network protocols (TCP/IP/UDP) and use of them are the exact same in any system.

[WingedPanther]

It's not all that different from an HTTP or FTP request.

[mIXpRo]

Do you know of any book or an article so i can read more about this

[WingedPanther]

You may want to do research into Samba to get some more details. It's also not clear what kind of details you want. Do you understand how an HTTP server/client works?

[mIXpRo]

No not at all , i only started with c / cpp standard libs and expanded a little toward networking using c/cpp

[WingedPanther]

I would recommend you start learning socket programming. You can use the Boost library with C++ to get cross-platform sockets.