NAME
socket_accept() - accept a connection on a socket
SYNOPSIS
#include
#include
int socket_accept(int s, string read_callback, string write_callback)
DESCRIPTION
The argument s is a socket that has been created with
socket_create(3), bound to an address with socket_bind(3),
and is listening for connections after a socket_listen(3).
socket_accept() extracts the first connection on the queue
of pending connections, creates a new socket with the same
properties of s and allocates a new file descriptor for the
socket. If no pending connections are present on the queue,
socket_accept() returns an error as described below. The
accepted socket is used to read and write data to and from
the socket which connected to this one; it is not used to
accept more connections. The original socket s remains open
for accepting further connections.
The argument read_callback is the name of a function for
the driver to call when there is something to read on the
socket. The read call-back should follow this format:
void read_callback(int fd, string message)
Where fd is the socket which has the message.
The argument write_callback is the name of a function for
the driver to call when the new socket (not the accepting
socket) is ready to be written to. The write callback should
follow this format:
void write_callback(int fd)
Where fd is the socket which is ready to be written to.
RETURN VALUES
socket_accept() returns a non-negative descriptor for the
accepted socket on success. On failure, it returns a nega-
tive value. socket_error(3) can be used on the return value
to get a text description of the error.
ERRORS
EEFDRANGE Descriptor out of range.
EEBADF Descriptor is invalid.
EESECURITY Security violation attempted.
EEMODENOTSUPP Socket mode not supported.
EENOTLISTN Socket not listening.
EEWOULDBLOCK Operation would block.
EEINTR Interrupted system call.
EEACCEPT Problem with accept.
EENOSOCKS No more available efun sockets.
SEE ALSO
socket_bind(3), socket_connect(3), socket_create(3),
socket_listen(3)
Help topics available:
| socket_accept | socket_acquire | socket_bind | socket_error | socket_listen |
| socket_close | socket_release | socket_write | socket_address | socket_connect |
| socket_create |
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