nsysnet.rpl is the library that provides Berkeley sockets (BSD sockets) related functions. You can find more information about it on Wikipedia
Functions
Base
| Name
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Prototype
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Description
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Returns
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| SOInit
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int SOInit(void);
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Initializes the library.
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SO_*
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| SOFinish
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int SOFinish(void);
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Cleans up after the library.
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SO_*
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Networking
These are also available under their standard BSD names (connect(), recv(), send(), etc.), without the SO* prefix.
| Name
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Prototype
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Description
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Returns
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| SOConnect
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int SOConnect(int fd, struct sockaddr *addr, int addrlen);
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Connects to the defined target
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SO_*
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| SOListen
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int SOListen(int fd, int backlog);
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Listens for connections
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SO_*
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| SOAccept
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int SOAccept(int fd, struct sockaddr *addr, int *addrlen);
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Initializes/Accepts connection requests from listing
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A new socket descriptor???
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| SORecv
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int SORecv(int fd, void *buffer, int len, int flags);
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Receive data from a remote socket
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SO_*
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| SORecvFrom
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int SORecvFrom(int fd, void *buffer, int len, int flags, struct sockaddr *from, int *fromlen);
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Same as SORecv but with target specified
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SO_*
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| SOSend
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int SOSend(int fd, const void *buffer, int len, int flags);
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Send data to remote socket
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SO_*
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| SOSendTo
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int SOSendTo(int fd, const void *buffer, int len, int flags, const struct sockaddr *dest_addr, int dest_len);
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Same as SOSend but with target specified
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SO_*
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Error
| Name
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Prototype
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Description
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Returns
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| SOInit
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int SOLastError(void);
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Recives the latest error???
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The latest error(SO_*)???
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Structures
| Name
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Data
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| sockaddr_in
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typedef struct {
u16 sin_family;
u16 sin_port;
struct in_addr sin_addr;
char sin_zero[8];
} sockaddr_in; |
| sockaddr_in
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typedef struct {
u32 s_addr;
} in_addr; |
Error Codes
The error codes that SO functions can return.
if the error code starts with "SO_E" so were the operation not successful otherwise it were.
| Name
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Value
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Description
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| SO_SUCCESS
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0
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The operation were successful
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| SO_ETIMEDOUT
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2
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The connection timed out
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| SO_ECONNREFUSED
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7
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The connection were refused
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| SO_ERROR
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41
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The operation hit a generic error and were not successful
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| SO_ELIBNOTREADY
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43
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The library is not ready, did you forget to initialize it?
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