socket Function

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socket Function

SOCKET socket(
    int af, 
    int type, 
    int protocol
);

Description

This function creates a new BSD socket for the microchip TCPIP stack. The return socket descriptor is used for the subsequent BSD operations.

Preconditions

BerkeleySocketInit function should be called.

Parameters

Parameters	Description
af	address family - AF_INET.
type	socket type SOCK_DGRAM or SOCK_STREAM.
protocol	IP protocol IPPROTO_UDP or IPPROTO_TCP.

Returns

New socket descriptor. INVALID_SOCKET in case of error.

Remarks

None.