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- Boost.Asio provides basic support UNIX domain sockets (also known as local
- sockets). The simplest use involves creating a pair of connected sockets.
- The following code:
+ Boost.Asio provides basic support for UNIX domain sockets (also known as
+ local sockets). The simplest use involves creating a pair of connected
+ sockets. The following code:
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<pre class="programlisting">local::stream_protocol::socket socket1(my_io_context);
local::stream_protocol::socket socket2(my_io_context);