55 lines
1.4 KiB
Groff
55 lines
1.4 KiB
Groff
.TH SOCKET 2
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.SH NAME
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socket \- creates a socket.
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.ft B
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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 socket(int \fIdomain\fP, int \fItype\fP, int \fIprotocol\fP);
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.br
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.ft P
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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socket() creates a socket in the specified \fIdomain\fP. A socket
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is a communications endpoint. Currently two values are supported
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for \fIdomain\fP, PF_INET for internet sockets and PF_UNIX for
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local unix domain sockets. The \fItype\fP of socket can be
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SOCK_STREAM for TCP sockets in the PF_INET \fIdomain\fP or
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SOCK_DGRAM for UDP sockets in the PF_INET \fIdomain\fP. For
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sockets in the PF_UNIX \fIdomain\fP, SOCK_STREAM, SOCK_DGRAM, and
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SOCK_SEQPACKET are supported values for \fItype\fP. The value
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of \fIprotocol\fP is always 0 or IPPROTO_TCP for TCP sockets or
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IPPROTO_UDP for UDP sockets.
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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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[EAFNOSUPPORT]
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The \fIdomain\fP is not supported.
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.TP 15
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[EPROTOTYPE]
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The \fIprotocol\fP is not supported by the \fIdomain\fP.
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.TP 15
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[EMFILE]
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The process descriptor table is full.
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.TP 15
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[ENFILE]
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The system descriptor table is full.
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.TP 15
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[ENOSPC]
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Could not allocate a file descriptor.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR socketpair(2),
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.BR bind(2),
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.BR listen(2),
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.BR accept(2),
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.BR connect(2),
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.BR shutdown(2),
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.BR getsockopt(2),
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.BR setsockopt(2),
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.BR ip(4),
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.BR inet(8),
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.BR unix(8)
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