123 lines
3.6 KiB
Groff
123 lines
3.6 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: icmp.4,v 1.9 2003/08/07 10:31:02 agc Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1986, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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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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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)icmp.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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.\"
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.Dd June 5, 1993
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.Dt ICMP 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm icmp
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.Nd Internet Control Message Protocol
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/socket.h
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.In netinet/in.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn socket AF_INET SOCK_RAW proto
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Tn ICMP
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is the error and control message protocol used
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by
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.Tn IP
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and the Internet protocol family.
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It may be accessed through a
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.Dq raw socket
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for network monitoring and diagnostic functions.
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The
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.Fa proto
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parameter to the socket call to create an
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.Tn ICMP
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socket is obtained from
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.Xr getprotobyname 3 .
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.Tn ICMP
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sockets are connectionless, and are normally used with the
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.Xr sendto 2
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and
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.Xr recvfrom 2
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calls, though the
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.Xr connect 2
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call may also be used to fix the destination for future packets
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(in which case the
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.Xr read 2
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or
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.Xr recv 2
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and
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.Xr write 2
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or
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.Xr send 2
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system calls may be used).
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.Pp
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Outgoing packets automatically have an
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.Tn IP
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header prepended to them (based on the destination address).
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Incoming packets are received with the
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.Tn IP
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header and options intact.
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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A socket operation may fail with one of the following errors returned:
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.Bl -tag -width [EADDRNOTAVAIL]
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.It Bq Er EISCONN
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when trying to establish a connection on a socket which
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already has one, or when trying to send a datagram with the destination
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address specified and the socket is already connected;
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.It Bq Er ENOTCONN
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when trying to send a datagram, but
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no destination address is specified, and the socket hasn't been
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connected;
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.It Bq Er ENOBUFS
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when the system runs out of memory for
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an internal data structure;
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.It Bq Er EADDRNOTAVAIL
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when an attempt is made to create a
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socket with a network address for which no network interface exists.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr recv 2 ,
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.Xr send 2 ,
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.Xr inet 4 ,
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.Xr intro 4 ,
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.Xr ip 4
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.Rs
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.%R RFC
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.%N 792
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.%D September 1981
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.%T "Internet Control Message Protocol"
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.Re
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.Rs
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.%R RFC
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.%N 1122
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.%D October 1989
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.%T "Requirements for Internet Hosts -- Communication Layers"
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.Re
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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protocol appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 .
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