In computing, sendfile is a command which can be found in a number of contexts relating to data transmission:
- Sendfile (Unix), a push-based asynchronous file transfer, regardless of whether local or remote, using the Simple Asynchronous File Transfer (SAFT), an Internet protocol bound to TCP port 487
- Sendfile (IBM VM), a command to transfer a file asynchronously from one VM/CMS user to another, regardless of whether local or remote
- Sendfile (system call), a system call.
- As a command within an Instant messaging application.
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References
Ulli Horlacher (2008-05-01). "SAFT / sendfile". Retrieved 2010-04-28. http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/saft/index.html ↩
sendfile(2): transfer data between file descriptors – Linux Programmer's Manual – System Calls https://manned.org/sendfile.2 ↩
sendfile(2): send a file to a socket – FreeBSD System Calls Manual https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sendfile&sektion=2 ↩