95 lines
3.2 KiB
Groff
95 lines
3.2 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: socketpair.2,v 1.9 1999/03/22 19:45:10 garbled Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
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.\" @(#)socketpair.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\"
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.Dd June 4, 1993
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.Dt SOCKETPAIR 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm socketpair
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.Nd create a pair of connected sockets
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
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.Fd #include <sys/socket.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn socketpair "int d" "int type" "int protocol" "int *sv"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn socketpair
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call creates an unnamed pair of connected sockets in
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the specified domain
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.Fa d ,
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of the specified
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.Fa type ,
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and using the optionally specified
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.Fa protocol .
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The descriptors used in referencing the new sockets
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are returned in
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.Fa sv Ns [0]
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and
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.Fa sv Ns [1] .
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The two sockets are indistinguishable.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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A 0 is returned if the call succeeds, -1 if it fails.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The call succeeds unless:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EMFILE
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Too many descriptors are in use by this process.
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.It Bq Er EAFNOSUPPORT
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The specified address family is not supported on this machine.
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.It Bq Er EPROTONOSUPPORT
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The specified protocol is not supported on this machine.
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.It Bq Er EOPNOSUPPORT
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The specified protocol does not support creation of socket pairs.
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.It Bq Er EFAULT
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The address
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.Fa sv
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does not specify a valid part of the
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process address space.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr pipe 2 ,
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.Xr read 2 ,
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.Xr write 2
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.Sh BUGS
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This call is currently implemented only for the
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.Ux
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domain.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn socketpair
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function call appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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