The following functions and variables are available to the stack application.
Functions
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This function accepts connection requests queued for a listening socket. | |
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This function assigns a name to the socket descriptor. | |
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The closesocket function closes an existing socket. | |
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This function connects to the peer communications end point. | |
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Returns the standard host name for the system. | |
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The listen function sets the specified socket in a listen mode | |
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The recv() function is used to receive incoming data that has been queued for a socket. | |
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The recvfrom() function is used to receive incoming data that has been queued for a socket. | |
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The send function is used to send outgoing data on an already connected socket. | |
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This function used to send the data for both connection oriented and connection-less sockets. | |
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This function creates a new Berkeley socket. |
Macros
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Internet Address Family - UDP, TCP, etc. | |
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IP address for server binding. | |
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Invalide TCP port | |
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IP Address for server binding | |
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Indicates IP pseudo-protocol. | |
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Indicates TCP for the internet address family. | |
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Indicates UDP for the internet address family. | |
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Connectionless datagram socket. Use UDP for the internet address family. | |
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Connection based byte streams. Use TCP for the internet address family. | |
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Socket connection state. | |
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Socket disconnected | |
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Socket error |
Module
Structures
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Description |
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Berkeley Socket structure | |
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in_addr structure | |
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generic address structure for all address families | |
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In the Internet address family |
Types
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Description |
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generic address structure for all address families | |
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In the Internet address family | |
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Socket descriptor |