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| 25 | .\" Modified Tue Oct 22 22:11:53 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | |
| 26 | .TH IPC 2 1995-04-15 "Linux 1.2.4" "Linux Programmer's Manual" | |
| 27 | .SH NAME | |
| 28 | socketcall \- socket system calls | |
| 29 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 30 | .BI "int socketcall(int" " call, " "unsigned long *" "args);" | |
| 31 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 32 | .B socketcall | |
| 33 | is a common kernel entry point for the socket system calls. | |
| 34 | .I call | |
| 35 | determines which socket function to invoke. | |
| 36 | .I args | |
| 37 | points to a block containing the actual arguments, | |
| 38 | which are passed through to the appropriate call. | |
| 39 | .PP | |
| 40 | User programs should call the appropriate functions by their usual names. | |
| 41 | Only standard library implementors and kernel hackers need to know about | |
| 42 | .BR socketcall . | |
| 43 | .SH "CONFORMING TO" | |
| 44 | This call is specific to Linux, and should not be used in programs | |
| 45 | intended to be portable. | |
| 46 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 47 | .BR accept (2), | |
| 48 | .BR bind (2), | |
| 49 | .BR connect (2), | |
| 50 | .BR getpeername (2), | |
| 51 | .BR getsockname (2), | |
| 52 | .BR getsockopt (2), | |
| 53 | .BR listen (2), | |
| 54 | .BR recv (2), | |
| 55 | .BR recvfrom (2), | |
| 56 | .BR send (2), | |
| 57 | .BR sendto (2), | |
| 58 | .BR setsockopt (2), | |
| 59 | .BR shutdown (2), | |
| 60 | .BR socket (2), | |
| 61 | .BR socketpair (2) |