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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to open a socket under FreeBSD?
Date: 5 Nov 1996 10:35:41 -0000
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In article <327DFE29.ABD322C@freebsd.org>,
"Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: Brian Somers wrote:
>> The idea is that you create a socket, then either connect it to another
>> existing socket (via connect) or wait for a connection to occur
>> (via bind). You can have different kind of sockets - normally either
:
: Erm, not *quite* but close. Client creates a socket and connects it to
: the server address with connect. Server creates a socket, binds it to
: its address and then waits for new connections on it with accept().
: Bind itself does not wait.
:
: This all assumes stream sockets, of course, and the connected socket
: model. :-)
And a quick call to listen() is always a good idea :)
--
Brian <brian%anorak.coverform.lan@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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