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.TH LIBSOCKET 3LIB "Aug 2, 2018"
.SH NAME
libsocket \- sockets library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
cc [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lsocket\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
Functions in this library provide the socket internetworking interface,
primarily used with the TCP/IP protocol suite.
.SH INTERFACES
.LP
The shared object \fBlibsocket.so.1\fR provides the public interfaces defined
below. See \fBIntro\fR(3) for additional information on shared object
interfaces.
.sp

.sp
.TS
l l
l l .
\fB__xnet_bind\fR	\fB__xnet_connect\fR
\fB__xnet_getsockopt\fR	\fB__xnet_listen\fR
\fB__xnet_recvmsg\fR	\fB__xnet_sendmsg\fR
\fB__xnet_sendto\fR	\fB__xnet_socket\fR
\fB__xnet_socketpair\fR	\fBaccept\fR
\fBbind\fR	\fBconnect\fR
\fBendnetent\fR	\fBendprotoent\fR
\fBendservent\fR	\fBether_aton\fR
\fBether_hostton\fR	\fBether_line\fR
\fBether_ntoa\fR	\fBether_ntohost\fR
\fBfreeaddrinfo\fR	\fBgai_strerror\fR
\fBgetaddrinfo\fR	\fBgetnameinfo\fR
\fBgetnetbyaddr\fR	\fBgetnetbyaddr_r\fR
\fBgetnetbyname\fR	\fBgetnetbyname_r\fR
\fBgetnetent\fR	\fBgetnetent_r\fR
\fBgetpeername\fR	\fBgetprotobyname\fR
\fBgetprotobyname_r\fR	\fBgetprotobynumber\fR
\fBgetprotobynumber_r\fR	\fBgetprotoent\fR
\fBgetprotoent_r\fR	\fBgetservbyname\fR
\fBgetservbyname_r\fR	\fBgetservbyport\fR
\fBgetservbyport_r\fR	\fBgetservent\fR
\fBgetservent_r\fR	\fBgetsockname\fR
\fBgetsockopt\fR	\fBif_freenameindex\fR
\fBif_indextoname\fR	\fBif_nameindex\fR
\fBif_nametoindex\fR	\fBin6addr_any\fR
\fBin6addr_loopback\fR	\fBinet_lnaof\fR
\fBinet_makeaddr\fR	\fBinet_network\fR
\fBlisten\fR	\fBrcmd\fR
\fBrcmd_af\fR	\fBrecv\fR
\fBrecvfrom\fR	\fBrecvmsg\fR
\fBrexec\fR	\fBrexec_af\fR
\fBrresvport\fR	\fBrresvport_af\fR
\fBruserok\fR	\fBsend\fR
\fBsendmsg\fR	\fBsendto\fR
\fBsetnetent\fR	\fBsetprotoent\fR
\fBsetservent\fR	\fBsetsockopt\fR
\fBshutdown\fR	\fBsocket\fR
\fBsocketpair\fR
.TE

.SH FILES
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/lib/libsocket.so.1\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 26n
shared object
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/lib/64/libsocket.so.1\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 26n
64-bit shared object
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
MT-Level	See the manual page for each interface.
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.LP
\fBpvs\fR(1), \fBIntro\fR(2), \fBIntro\fR(3), \fBsocket.h\fR(3HEAD),
\fBattributes\fR(5)