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858 B
Groff
34 lines
858 B
Groff
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.TH ACCEPT 2
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.SH NAME
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accept \- accepts incoming connections on a socket
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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#include <sys/socket.h>
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.in +5
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.ti -5
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int accept(int \fIsd\fP, struct sockaddr * \fIaddr\fP, socklen_t * \fIaddr_len\fP);
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.br
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.ft P
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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accept() accepts a new incoming connection on a listening
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socket \fIsd\fP. The structure pointed to by \fIaddr\fP is
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filled in with the address of the peer, and \fIaddr_len\fP
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is set to the length of the address of the peer.
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.SH RETURN VALUES
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On success, this function returns a numeric socket descriptor.
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On error, -1 is returned and \fIerrno\fP is set.
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.SH ERRORS
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.TP 15
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[EOPNOTSUPP]
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The socket does not support accept(2) (example: a UDP socket).
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.TP 15
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[ENOTSOCK]
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The \fIsd\fP argument is not a socket.
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.TP 15
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[EINVAL]
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The socket is not listening or in an invalid state.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR socket(2),
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.BR connect(2)
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