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34 | .\" @(#)udp.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 | |
35 | .\" | |
36 | .Dd June 5, 1993 | |
37 | .Dt UDP 4 | |
38 | .Os BSD 4.2 | |
39 | .Sh NAME | |
40 | .Nm udp | |
41 | .Nd Internet User Datagram Protocol | |
42 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
43 | .Fd #include <sys/socket.h> | |
44 | .Fd #include <netinet/in.h> | |
45 | .Ft int | |
46 | .Fn socket AF_INET SOCK_DGRAM 0 | |
47 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
48 | .Tn UDP | |
49 | is a simple, unreliable datagram protocol which is used | |
50 | to support the | |
51 | .Dv SOCK_DGRAM | |
52 | abstraction for the Internet | |
53 | protocol family. | |
54 | .Tn UDP | |
55 | sockets are connectionless, and are | |
56 | normally used with the | |
57 | .Xr sendto | |
58 | and | |
59 | .Xr recvfrom | |
60 | calls, though the | |
61 | .Xr connect 2 | |
62 | call may also be used to fix the destination for future | |
63 | packets (in which case the | |
64 | .Xr recv 2 | |
65 | or | |
66 | .Xr read 2 | |
67 | and | |
68 | .Xr send 2 | |
69 | or | |
70 | .Xr write 2 | |
71 | system calls may be used). | |
72 | .Pp | |
73 | .Tn UDP | |
74 | address formats are identical to those used by | |
75 | .Tn TCP . | |
76 | In particular | |
77 | .Tn UDP | |
78 | provides a port identifier in addition | |
79 | to the normal Internet address format. Note that the | |
80 | .Tn UDP | |
81 | port | |
82 | space is separate from the | |
83 | .Tn TCP | |
84 | port space (i.e. a | |
85 | .Tn UDP | |
86 | port | |
87 | may not be | |
88 | .Dq connected | |
89 | to a | |
90 | .Tn TCP | |
91 | port). In addition broadcast | |
92 | packets may be sent (assuming the underlying network supports | |
93 | this) by using a reserved | |
94 | .Dq broadcast address ; | |
95 | this address | |
96 | is network interface dependent. | |
97 | .Pp | |
98 | Options at the | |
99 | .Tn IP | |
100 | transport level may be used with | |
101 | .Tn UDP ; | |
102 | see | |
103 | .Xr ip 4 . | |
104 | .Sh DIAGNOSTICS | |
105 | A socket operation may fail with one of the following errors returned: | |
106 | .Bl -tag -width [EADDRNOTAVAIL] | |
107 | .It Bq Er EISCONN | |
108 | when trying to establish a connection on a socket which | |
109 | already has one, or when trying to send a datagram with the destination | |
110 | address specified and the socket is already connected; | |
111 | .It Bq Er ENOTCONN | |
112 | when trying to send a datagram, but | |
113 | no destination address is specified, and the socket hasn't been | |
114 | connected; | |
115 | .It Bq Er ENOBUFS | |
116 | when the system runs out of memory for | |
117 | an internal data structure; | |
118 | .It Bq Er EADDRINUSE | |
119 | when an attempt | |
120 | is made to create a socket with a port which has already been | |
121 | allocated; | |
122 | .It Bq Er EADDRNOTAVAIL | |
123 | when an attempt is made to create a | |
124 | socket with a network address for which no network interface | |
125 | exists. | |
126 | .El | |
127 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
128 | .Xr getsockopt 2 , | |
129 | .Xr recv 2 , | |
130 | .Xr send 2 , | |
131 | .Xr socket 2 , | |
132 | .Xr inet 4 , | |
133 | .Xr intro 4 , | |
134 | .Xr ip 4 | |
135 | .Sh HISTORY | |
136 | The | |
137 | .Nm | |
138 | protocol appeared in | |
139 | .Bx 4.2 . |