X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apple/xnu.git/blobdiff_plain/39236c6e673c41db228275375ab7fdb0f837b292..0a7de7458d150b5d4dffc935ba399be265ef0a1a:/bsd/man/man2/socket.2 diff --git a/bsd/man/man2/socket.2 b/bsd/man/man2/socket.2 index c19161723..4815d2e94 100644 --- a/bsd/man/man2/socket.2 +++ b/bsd/man/man2/socket.2 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)socket.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" -.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dd March 18, 2015 .Dt SOCKET 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ .Fa "int protocol" .Fc .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Fn Socket +.Fn socket creates an endpoint for communication and returns a descriptor. .Pp The @@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ defined types are: SOCK_STREAM SOCK_DGRAM SOCK_RAW -SOCK_SEQPACKET -SOCK_RDM +.\"SOCK_SEQPACKET +.\"SOCK_RDM .Ed .Pp A @@ -94,23 +94,24 @@ A socket supports datagrams (connectionless, unreliable messages of a fixed (typically small) maximum length). -A -.Dv SOCK_SEQPACKET -socket may provide a sequenced, reliable, -two-way connection-based data transmission path for datagrams -of fixed maximum length; a consumer may be required to read -an entire packet with each read system call. -This facility is protocol specific, and presently implemented -only for -.Dv PF_NS . +.\"A +.\".Dv SOCK_SEQPACKET +.\"socket may provide a sequenced, reliable, +.\"two-way connection-based data transmission path for datagrams +.\"of fixed maximum length; a consumer may be required to read +.\"an entire packet with each read system call. +.\"This facility is protocol specific, and presently implemented +.\"only for +.\".Dv PF_NS . .Dv SOCK_RAW sockets provide access to internal network protocols and interfaces. -The types +The type .Dv SOCK_RAW , -which is available only to the super-user, and -.Dv SOCK_RDM , -which is planned, -but not yet implemented, are not described here. +which is available only to the super-user. +.\" , and +.\" .Dv SOCK_RDM , +.\" which is planned, +.\" but not yet implemented, are not described here. .Pp The .Fa protocol @@ -131,6 +132,8 @@ to pipes. A stream socket must be in a state before any data may be sent or received on it. A connection to another socket is created with a .Xr connect 2 +or +.Xr connectx 2 call. Once connected, data may be transferred using .Xr read 2 and @@ -172,16 +175,16 @@ A signal is raised if a process sends on a broken stream; this causes naive processes, which do not handle the signal, to exit. -.Pp -.Dv SOCK_SEQPACKET -sockets employ the same system calls -as -.Dv SOCK_STREAM -sockets. The only difference -is that -.Xr read 2 -calls will return only the amount of data requested, -and any remaining in the arriving packet will be discarded. +.\" .Pp +.\" .Dv SOCK_SEQPACKET +.\" sockets employ the same system calls +.\" as +.\" .Dv SOCK_STREAM +.\" sockets. The only difference +.\" is that +.\" .Xr read 2 +.\" calls will return only the amount of data requested, +.\" and any remaining in the arriving packet will be discarded. .Pp .Dv SOCK_DGRAM and @@ -266,6 +269,8 @@ is necessary. .Xr accept 2 , .Xr bind 2 , .Xr connect 2 , +.Xr connectx 2 , +.Xr disconnectx 2 , .Xr getsockname 2 , .Xr getsockopt 2 , .Xr ioctl 2 ,