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supported. This adds further differentiation between which argument to socket(2) caused the error. No longer are invalid domain (address family) errors classified as ENOPROTOSUPPORT errors. This should make socket(2) conform to current POSIX and X/Open standards. Fixes PR/33676.
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.\" $NetBSD: socket.2,v 1.33 2006/06/13 21:19:56 ginsbach Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)socket.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\"
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.Dd June 13, 2006
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.Dt SOCKET 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm socket
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.Nd create an endpoint for communication
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/socket.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn socket "int domain" "int type" "int protocol"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Fn socket
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creates an endpoint for communication and returns a descriptor.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fa domain
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parameter specifies a communications domain within which
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communication will take place; this selects the protocol family
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which should be used.
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These families are defined in the include file
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.Ao Pa sys/socket.h Ac .
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The currently understood formats are:
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.Pp
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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PF_LOCAL local (previously UNIX) domain protocols
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PF_INET ARPA Internet protocols
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PF_INET6 ARPA IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) protocols
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PF_ISO ISO protocols
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PF_NS Xerox Network Systems protocols
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PF_IMPLINK IMP \*(lqhost at IMP\*(rq link layer
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PF_APPLETALK AppleTalk protocols
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The socket has the indicated
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.Fa type ,
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which specifies the semantics of communication.
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Currently defined types are:
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.Pp
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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SOCK_STREAM
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SOCK_DGRAM
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SOCK_RAW
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SOCK_SEQPACKET
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SOCK_RDM
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.Ed
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.Pp
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A
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.Dv SOCK_STREAM
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type provides sequenced, reliable,
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two-way connection based byte streams.
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An out-of-band data transmission mechanism may be supported.
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A
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.Dv SOCK_DGRAM
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socket supports
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datagrams (connectionless, unreliable messages of
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a fixed (typically small) maximum length).
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A
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.Dv SOCK_SEQPACKET
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socket may provide a sequenced, reliable,
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two-way connection-based data transmission path for datagrams
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of fixed maximum length; a consumer may be required to read
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an entire packet with each read system call.
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This facility is protocol specific, and presently implemented
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only for
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.Dv PF_NS .
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.Dv SOCK_RAW
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sockets provide access to internal network protocols and interfaces.
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The types
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.Dv SOCK_RAW ,
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which is available only to the super-user, and
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.Dv SOCK_RDM ,
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which is planned,
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but not yet implemented, are not described here.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fa protocol
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specifies a particular protocol to be used with the socket.
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Normally only a single protocol exists to support a particular
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socket type within a given protocol family.
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However, it is possible that many protocols may exist, in which case
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a particular protocol must be specified in this manner.
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The protocol number to use is
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particular to the \*(lqcommunication domain\*(rq in which communication
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is to take place; see
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.Xr protocols 5 .
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.Pp
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Sockets of type
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.Dv SOCK_STREAM
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are full-duplex byte streams.
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A stream socket must be in a
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.Em connected
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state before any data may be sent or received
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on it.
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A connection to another socket is created with a
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.Xr connect 2
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call.
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Once connected, data may be transferred using
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.Xr read 2
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and
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.Xr write 2
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calls or some variant of the
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.Xr send 2
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and
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.Xr recv 2
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calls.
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When a session has been completed a
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.Xr close 2
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may be performed.
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Out-of-band data may also be transmitted as described in
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.Xr send 2
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and received as described in
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.Xr recv 2 .
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.Pp
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The communications protocols used to implement a
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.Dv SOCK_STREAM
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ensure that data
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is not lost or duplicated.
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If a piece of data for which the
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peer protocol has buffer space cannot be successfully transmitted
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within a reasonable length of time, then
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the connection is considered broken and calls
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will indicate an error with
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\-1 returns and with
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.Er ETIMEDOUT
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as the specific code
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in the global variable
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.Va errno .
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The protocols optionally keep sockets
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.Dq warm
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by forcing transmissions
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roughly every minute in the absence of other activity.
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An error is then indicated if no response can be
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elicited on an otherwise
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idle connection for an extended period (e.g., 5 minutes).
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A
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.Dv SIGPIPE
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signal is raised if a process sends
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on a broken stream; this causes naive processes,
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which do not handle the signal, to exit.
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.Pp
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.Dv SOCK_SEQPACKET
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sockets employ the same system calls
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as
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.Dv SOCK_STREAM
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sockets.
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The only difference is that
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.Xr read 2
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calls will return only the amount of data requested,
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and any remaining in the arriving packet will be discarded.
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.Pp
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.Dv SOCK_DGRAM
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and
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.Dv SOCK_RAW
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sockets allow sending of datagrams to correspondents
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named in
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.Xr send 2
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calls.
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Datagrams are generally received with
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.Xr recvfrom 2 ,
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which returns the next datagram with its return address.
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.Pp
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An
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.Xr fcntl 2
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call can be used to specify a process group to receive
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a
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.Dv SIGURG
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signal when the out-of-band data arrives.
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It may also enable non-blocking I/O
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and asynchronous notification of I/O events
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via
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.Dv SIGIO .
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.Pp
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The operation of sockets is controlled by socket level
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.Em options .
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These options are defined in the file
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.Ao Pa sys/socket.h Ac .
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The
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.Xr setsockopt 2
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and
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.Xr getsockopt 2
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system calls are used to set and get options, respectively.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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A \-1 is returned if an error occurs, otherwise the return
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value is a descriptor referencing the socket.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn socket
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call fails if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EACCES
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Permission to create a socket of the specified type and/or protocol
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is denied.
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.It Bq Er EAFNOSUPPORT
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The address family (domain) is not supported or
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the specified domain is not supported by this protocol family.
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.It Bq Er EMFILE
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The per-process descriptor table is full.
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.It Bq Er ENFILE
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The system file table is full.
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.It Bq Er ENOBUFS
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Insufficient buffer space is available.
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The socket cannot be created until sufficient resources are freed.
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.It Bq Er EPROTONOSUPPORT
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The protocol family is not supported or
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the specified protocol is not supported within this domain.
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.It Bq Er EPROTOTYPE
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The socket type is not supported by the protocol.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr accept 2 ,
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.Xr bind 2 ,
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.Xr connect 2 ,
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.Xr getsockname 2 ,
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.Xr getsockopt 2 ,
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.Xr ioctl 2 ,
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.Xr listen 2 ,
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.Xr poll 2 ,
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.Xr read 2 ,
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.Xr recv 2 ,
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.Xr select 2 ,
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.Xr send 2 ,
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.Xr setsockopt 2 ,
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.Xr shutdown 2 ,
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.Xr socketpair 2 ,
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.Xr write 2 ,
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.Xr getprotoent 3
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.Rs
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.%T "An Introductory 4.4BSD Interprocess Communication Tutorial"
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.%A Stuart Sechrest
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.Re
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.Pq see Pa /usr/share/doc/psd/20.ipctut
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.Rs
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.%T "Advanced 4.4BSD IPC Tutorial"
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.%A Samuel J. Leffler
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.%A Robert S. Fabry
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.%A William N. Joy
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.%A Phil Lapsley
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.%A Steve Miller
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.%A Chris Torek
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.Re
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.Pq see Pa /usr/share/doc/psd/21.ipc
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn socket
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function call appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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