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diff --git a/static/v10/man3/udp.3 b/static/v10/man3/udp.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a449c974 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man3/udp.3 @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +.TH UDP 3X +.CT 2 comm_mach +.SH NAME +udp_connect, udp_listen, udp_datagram \(mi udp networking functions +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <sys/inet/udp_user.h> +.PP +.B int udp_connect(sport, dhost, dport) +.B in_addr dhost; +.B udp_port sport, dport; +.PP +.B int udp_listen(sport, reply) +.B udp_port sport; +.B struct udpreply *reply; +.PP +.B int udp_datagram(sport) +.B udp_port sport; +.PP +.SH DESCRIPTION +These routines are loaded by the +.B -lin +option of +.IR ld (1). +.PP +UDP (universal datagram protocol) is a protocol layered +upon IP (internet protocol). +It provides datagram service between end points called sockets. +A socket address is composed of the internet address +of its host and the port number to which +the socket is bound. +.PP +.I Udp_connect +returns the file descriptor of a UDP socket bound to port +.I sport. +Each +.IR read (2) +from this file descriptor will only accept datagrams from the UDP +socket at host +.I dhost, +port +.IR dport ; +a +.IR write +on this file descriptor will be sent to that socket. +.PP +.I Udp_listen +returns the file descriptor of a UDP socket bound to port +.I sport +and waits for a datagram to be sent to that port. +Once a message has been received from another socket, +all writes +will go to that socket and +reads will only accept data from that socket. +.PP +.I Udp_datagram +returns the file descriptor of a UDP socket bound to port +.I sport. +Messages written to the file descriptor must start with a +.B struct udpaddr +which contains the destination of the message. +.IP +.EX +.ta \w'struct 'u +\w'updaddr 'u +struct udpaddr { + in_addr host; + int port; +}; +.EE +.PP +Messages read from the file descriptor also start with a +.B struct udpaddr +and contain the address of the source socket. +.SH FILES +.TP 12 +.F /dev/udp* +the socket devices +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR internet (3), +.IR tcp (3) +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +All these routines +returns \-1 on failure. |
