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diff --git a/man2/socketcall.2 b/man2/socketcall.2 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..86462721c --- /dev/null +++ b/man2/socketcall.2 @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +.\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source. +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Michael Chastain (mec@shell.portal.com), 15 April 1995. +.\" +.\" This is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or +.\" modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as +.\" published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of +.\" the License, or (at your option) any later version. +.\" +.\" The GNU General Public License's references to "object code" +.\" and "executables" are to be interpreted as the output of any +.\" document formatting or typesetting system, including +.\" intermediate and printed output. +.\" +.\" This manual is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +.\" GNU General Public License for more details. +.\" +.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public +.\" License along with this manual; if not, write to the Free +.\" Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, +.\" USA. +.\" +.\" Modified Tue Oct 22 22:11:53 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> +.TH IPC 2 1995-04-15 "Linux 1.2.4" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +socketcall \- socket system calls +.SH SYNOPSIS +.BI "int socketcall(int" " call, " "unsigned long *" "args);" +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B socketcall +is a common kernel entry point for the socket system calls. +.I call +determines which socket function to invoke. +.I args +points to a block containing the actual arguments, +which are passed through to the appropriate call. +.PP +User programs should call the appropriate functions by their usual names. +Only standard library implementors and kernel hackers need to know about +.BR socketcall . +.SH "CONFORMING TO" +This call is specific to Linux, and should not be used in programs +intended to be portable. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR accept (2), +.BR bind (2), +.BR connect (2), +.BR getpeername (2), +.BR getsockname (2), +.BR getsockopt (2), +.BR listen (2), +.BR recv (2), +.BR recvfrom (2), +.BR send (2), +.BR sendto (2), +.BR setsockopt (2), +.BR shutdown (2), +.BR socket (2), +.BR socketpair (2) |