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diff --git a/bsd/man/man2/send.2 b/bsd/man/man2/send.2
index 2d9daca688fe847dc0dd8f3307db598abe3d434f..9b6346372ade81696775e32ac792fc4d7e8c9334 100644 (file)
--- a/bsd/man/man2/send.2
+++ b/bsd/man/man2/send.2
@@ -38,18 +38,33 @@
 .Os BSD 4.2
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm send ,
 .Os BSD 4.2
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm send ,

-.Nm sendto ,
-.Nm sendmsg
+.Nm sendmsg ,
+.Nm sendto

 .Nd send a message from a socket
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nd send a message from a socket
 .Sh SYNOPSIS

-.Fd #include <sys/types.h>

 .Fd #include <sys/socket.h>
 .Ft ssize_t
 .Fd #include <sys/socket.h>
 .Ft ssize_t

-.Fn send "int s" "const void *msg" "size_t len" "int flags"
+.Fo send
+.Fa "int socket"
+.Fa "const void *buffer"
+.Fa "size_t length"
+.Fa "int flags"
+.Fc

 .Ft ssize_t
 .Ft ssize_t

-.Fn sendto "int s" "const void *msg" "size_t len" "int flags" "const struct sockaddr *to" "int tolen"
+.Fo sendmsg
+.Fa "int socket"
+.Fa "const struct msghdr *buffer"
+.Fa "int flags"
+.Fc

 .Ft ssize_t
 .Ft ssize_t

-.Fn sendmsg "int s" "const struct msghdr *msg" "int flags"
+.Fo sendto
+.Fa "int socket"
+.Fa "const void *buffer"
+.Fa "size_t length"
+.Fa "int flags"
+.Fa "const struct sockaddr *dest_addr"
+.Fa "socklen_t dest_len"
+.Fc

 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Fn Send ,
 .Fn sendto ,
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Fn Send ,
 .Fn sendto ,


@@ -66,12 +81,12 @@ and
 may be used at any time.
 .Pp
 The address of the target is given by
 may be used at any time.
 .Pp
 The address of the target is given by

-.Fa to
+.Fa dest_addr

 with 
 with 

-.Fa tolen
+.Fa dest_len

 specifying its size.
 The length of the message is given by
 specifying its size.
 The length of the message is given by

-.Fa len .
+.Fa length .

 If the message is too long to pass atomically through the
 underlying protocol, the error
 .Er EMSGSIZE
 If the message is too long to pass atomically through the
 underlying protocol, the error
 .Er EMSGSIZE


@@ -118,49 +133,147 @@ for a description of the
 .Fa msghdr
 structure.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 .Fa msghdr
 structure.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES

-The call returns the number of characters sent, or -1
-if an error occurred.
+Upon successful completion,
+the number of bytes which were sent is returned.
+Otherwise, -1 is returned and the global variable
+.Va errno
+is set to indicate the error.

 .Sh ERRORS
 .Sh ERRORS

-.Fn Send ,
-.Fn sendto ,
+The
+.Fn send ,
+.Fn sendmsg ,

 and
 and

-.Fn sendmsg
-fail if:
+.Fn sendto
+system calls will fail if:

 .Bl -tag -width Er
 .Bl -tag -width Er

+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er EACCES
+The SO_BROADCAST option is not set on the socket
+and a broadcast address is given as the destination.
+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er EAGAIN
+The socket is marked non-blocking
+and the requested operation would block.
+.\" ===========

 .It Bq Er EBADF
 .It Bq Er EBADF

-An invalid descriptor was specified.
-.It Bq Er ENOTSOCK
-The argument
-.Fa s
-is not a socket.
+An invalid descriptor is specified.
+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er ECONNRESET
+A connection is forcibly closed by a peer.
+.\" ===========

 .It Bq Er EFAULT
 .It Bq Er EFAULT

-An invalid user space address was specified for a parameter.
+An invalid user space address is specified for a parameter.
+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er EHOSTUNREACH
+The destination address specifies an unreachable host.
+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er EINTR
+A signal interrupts the system call
+before any data is transmitted.
+.\" ===========

 .It Bq Er EMSGSIZE
 The socket requires that message be sent atomically,
 .It Bq Er EMSGSIZE
 The socket requires that message be sent atomically,

-and the size of the message to be sent made this impossible.
-.It Bq Er EAGAIN
-The socket is marked non-blocking and the requested operation
-would block.
+and the size of the message to be sent makes this impossible.
+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er ENETDOWN
+The local network interface used to reach the destination is down.
+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er ENETUNREACH
+No route to the network is present.
+.\" ===========

 .It Bq Er ENOBUFS
 .It Bq Er ENOBUFS

-The system was unable to allocate an internal buffer.
+The system is unable to allocate an internal buffer.

 The operation may succeed when buffers become available.
 The operation may succeed when buffers become available.

+.\" ===========

 .It Bq Er ENOBUFS
 .It Bq Er ENOBUFS

-The output queue for a network interface was full.
+The output queue for a network interface is full.

 This generally indicates that the interface has stopped sending,
 but may be caused by transient congestion.
 This generally indicates that the interface has stopped sending,
 but may be caused by transient congestion.

-.It Bq Er EACCES
-The SO_BROADCAST option is not set on the socket, and a broadcast address
-was given as the destination.
-.It Bq Er EHOSTUNREACH
-The destination address specified an unreachable host.
+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er ENOTSOCK
+The argument
+.Fa socket
+is not a socket.
+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP
+.Fa socket
+does not support (some of) the option(s) specified in
+.Fa flags . 
+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er EPIPE
+The socket is shut down for writing
+or the socket is connection-mode and is no longer connected.
+In the latter case, and if the socket is of type SOCK_STREAM,
+the SIGPIPE signal is generated to the calling thread.
+.El
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn sendmsg
+and
+.Fn sendto
+system calls will fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er EAFNOSUPPORT
+Addresses in the specified address family cannot be used
+with this socket.
+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er EDESTADDRREQ
+The socket is not connection-mode and does not have its peer address set,
+and no destination address is specified.
+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er EISCONN
+A destination address was specified and the socket is already connected.
+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er ENOENT
+A component of the pathname does not name an existing file
+or the path name is an empty string.
+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er ENOMEM
+Insufficient memory is available to fulfill the request.
+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er ENOTCONN
+The socket is connection-mode, but is not connected.
+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
+A component of the path prefix of the pathname in the socket address
+is not a directory.
+.El
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn send
+system call will fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er EDESTADDRREQ
+The socket is not connection-mode and no peer address is set.
+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er ENOTCONN
+The socket is not connected or otherwise has not had the peer pre-specified.

 .El
 .El

+.Pp
+The
+.Fn sendmsg
+system call will fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.\" ===========
+.It Bq Er EINVAL
+The sum of the iov_len values overflows an ssize_t.
+.El
+.Sh LEGACY SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
+.Fd #include <sys/socket.h>
+.Pp
+The include file
+.In sys/types.h is necessary.

 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr fcntl 2 ,
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr fcntl 2 ,

+.Xr getsockopt 2 ,

 .Xr recv 2 ,
 .Xr select 2 ,
 .Xr recv 2 ,
 .Xr select 2 ,

-.Xr getsockopt 2 ,

 .Xr socket 2 ,
 .Xr socket 2 ,

-.Xr write 2
+.Xr write 2 ,
+.Xr compat 5

 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Fn send
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Fn send