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authorGarrett Wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org>1995-02-15 22:53:04 +0000
committerGarrett Wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org>1995-02-15 22:53:04 +0000
commitbae74debca5780e4e86d993e49f0f000ee6ca511 (patch)
tree995b3440b375c163c482d95c58cf86f6c5c4b44b /lib/libc/sys/socket.2
parent27dd3ef3b9117f12ce399d7a2b0d472400109012 (diff)
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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/socket.2')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/socket.235
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/socket.2 b/lib/libc/sys/socket.2
index a16e3fb3dc56..e048b4674173 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/socket.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/socket.2
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" @(#)socket.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
+.\" From: @(#)socket.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
+.\" $Id$
.\"
-.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dd February 15, 1995
.Dt SOCKET 2
.Os BSD 4.2
.Sh NAME
@@ -56,11 +57,12 @@ These families are defined in the include file
The currently understood formats are
.Pp
.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
-AF_UNIX (UNIX internal protocols),
-AF_INET (ARPA Internet protocols),
-AF_ISO (ISO protocols),
-AF_NS (Xerox Network Systems protocols), and
-AF_IMPLINK (IMP \*(lqhost at IMP\*(rq link layer).
+PF_LOCAL (Host-internal protocols, formerly called PF_UNIX),
+PF_INET (ARPA Internet protocols),
+PF_ISO (ISO protocols),
+PF_CCITT (ITU-T protocols, like X.25),
+PF_NS (Xerox Network Systems protocols), and
+.\"PF_IMPLINK (IMP \*(lqhost at IMP\*(rq link layer).
.Ed
.Pp
The socket has the indicated
@@ -123,7 +125,8 @@ to pipes. A stream socket must be in a
state before any data may be sent or received
on it. A connection to another socket is created with a
.Xr connect 2
-call. Once connected, data may be transferred using
+call.
+Once connected, data may be transferred using
.Xr read 2
and
.Xr write 2
@@ -131,7 +134,15 @@ calls or some variant of the
.Xr send 2
and
.Xr recv 2
-calls. When a session has been completed a
+calls.
+(Some protocol families, such as the Internet family,
+support the notion of an
+.Dq implied connect,
+which permits data to be sent piggybacked onto a connect operation by
+using the
+.Xr sendto 2
+call.)
+When a session has been completed a
.Xr close 2
may be performed.
Out-of-band data may also be transmitted as described in
@@ -244,11 +255,13 @@ The socket cannot be created until sufficient resources are freed.
.Xr write 2
.Rs
.%T "An Introductory 4.3 BSD Interprocess Communication Tutorial"
-.%O "reprinted in UNIX Programmer's Supplementary Documents Volume 1"
+.%B PS1
+.%N 7
.Re
.Rs
.%T "BSD Interprocess Communication Tutorial"
-.%O "reprinted in UNIX Programmer's Supplementary Documents Volume 1"
+.%B PS1
+.%N 8
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The