iii
Preface
About This Book
This book contains conceptual and procedural information about the Host Connection
Program (HCON) facility. Topics covered include an introduction to HCON, as well as more
detailed information about using, configuring, and managing HCON.
Note: The information in this book can also be found in the Hypertext Information Base
Library. This online documentation is designed for use with the InfoExplorer
hypertext retrieval system.
Who Should Use This Book
This book is intended for people who want to use, manage, and program the HCON facility.
This book gives information from the most basic uses of HCON, such as invoking the facility
itself, to the most complex uses, such as managing HCON sessions. It is intended for both
beginners and advanced users.
Before you begin the tasks in this book, you should have a working knowledge of networks,
local and remote hosts, and client/server architecture.
How to Use This Book
Each chapter lists conceptual information on the chapter topic, followed by procedural
articles describing the various tasks associated with the topic.
Highlighting
The following highlighting conventions are used in this book:
Bold Identifies commands, keywords, files, directories, and other items whose
names are predefined by the system.
Italics Identifies parameters whose actual names or values are to be supplied by
the user.
Monospace Identifies examples of specific data values, examples of text similar to what
you might see displayed, examples of portions of program code similar to
what you might write as a programmer, messages from the system, or
information you should actually type.
ISO 9000
ISO 9000 registered quality systems were used in the development and manufacturing of
this product.
Related Publications
The following books contain information about or related to communications:
AIX and Related Products Documentation Overview, order number 86 A2 71WE.
AIX Topic Index and Glossary, order number 86 A2 57AP.
AIX 4.1 Installation Guide, order number 86 A2 60AP.
AIX 4.2 Installation Guide, order number 86 A2 05AT.
AIX General Programming Concepts : Writing and Debugging Programs, order number 86
A2 65AP.
AIX Communications Programming Concepts, order number 86 A2 70AP.
Hypertext Information Base Library.
3270 Information Display System 3274 Control Unit Customizing Guide
Comentarios a estos manuales