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Mac OS X > Networking


Networking
This page presents the documentation for networking services specific to
Mac OS X.


AppleShare Client
The AppleShare Client API contains functions for creating, parsing and disposing of AFP URLs; creating and disposing of shared volume enumerator references; and mounting shared volumes.
Apple Filing Protocol (AFP)
AFP is a remote filing protocol that provides access to a server that is implemented according to the AFP file system structure. This document describes commands and data structures that have been added to the Apple Filing Protocol since the publication of Inside AppleTalk, second edition.
 

Directory Services
The Directory Services API serves as an abstraction layer to isolate client applications from the implementation details of the directory system. It includes the functions necessary to provide support for a set of basic features common to many directory systems.

Directory Services Plugin
Directory Services plugins are dynamically loaded libraries called by client applications via the Directory Services API to provide directory services.