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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/send.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/send.2 | 23 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/send.2 b/lib/libc/sys/send.2 index 885b59a15bc8..ac64f3f24938 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/send.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/send.2 @@ -52,12 +52,18 @@ .Ft ssize_t .Fn sendmsg "int s" "const struct msghdr *msg" "int flags" .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Fn Send , -.Fn sendto , +The +.Fn send +function, +and +.Fn sendto and .Fn sendmsg +system calls are used to transmit a message to another socket. -.Fn Send +The +.Fn send +function may be used only when the socket is in a .Em connected state, while @@ -90,7 +96,7 @@ normally blocks, unless the socket has been placed in non-blocking I/O mode. The .Xr select 2 -call may be used to determine when it is possible to +system call may be used to determine when it is possible to send more data. .Pp The @@ -139,10 +145,13 @@ structure. The call returns the number of characters sent, or -1 if an error occurred. .Sh ERRORS -.Fn Send , -.Fn sendto , +The +.Fn send +function and +.Fn sendto and .Fn sendmsg +system calls fail if: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er EBADF @@ -205,5 +214,5 @@ implement an acknowlegment mechanism to prevent this from happening. .Sh HISTORY The .Fn send -function call appeared in +function appeared in .Bx 4.2 . |