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24.Dd July 3, 2022
25.Dt SOCKATMARK 3
26.Os
27.Sh NAME
28.Nm sockatmark
29.Nd determine whether the read pointer is at the OOB mark
30.Sh LIBRARY
31.Lb libc
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.In sys/socket.h
34.Ft int
35.Fn sockatmark "int s"
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37To find out if the read pointer is currently pointing at
38the mark in the data stream, the
39.Fn sockatmark
40function is provided.
41If
42.Fn sockatmark
43returns 1, the next read will return data
44after the mark.
45Otherwise (assuming out of band data has arrived),
46the next read will provide data sent by the client prior
47to transmission of the out of band signal.
48The routine used
49in the remote login process to flush output on receipt of an
50interrupt or quit signal is shown below.
51It reads the normal data up to the mark (to discard it),
52then reads the out-of-band byte.
53.Bd -literal -offset indent
54#include <sys/socket.h>
55\&...
56oob()
57{
58	int out = FWRITE, mark;
59	char waste[BUFSIZ];
60
61	/* flush local terminal output */
62	ioctl(1, TIOCFLUSH, (char *)&out);
63	for (;;) {
64		if ((mark = sockatmark(rem)) < 0) {
65			perror("sockatmark");
66			break;
67		}
68		if (mark)
69			break;
70		(void) read(rem, waste, sizeof (waste));
71	}
72	if (recv(rem, &mark, 1, MSG_OOB) < 0) {
73		perror("recv");
74		...
75	}
76	...
77}
78.Ed
79.Sh RETURN VALUES
80Upon successful completion, the
81.Fn sockatmark
82function returns the value 1 if the read pointer is pointing at
83the OOB mark, 0 if it is not.
84Otherwise the value \-1 is returned
85and the global variable
86.Va errno
87is set to
88indicate the error.
89.Sh ERRORS
90The
91.Fn sockatmark
92call fails if:
93.Bl -tag -width Er
94.It Bq Er EBADF
95The
96.Fa s
97argument
98is not a valid descriptor.
99.It Bq Er ENOTTY
100The
101.Fa s
102argument
103is a descriptor for a file, not a socket.
104.El
105.Sh SEE ALSO
106.Xr recv 2 ,
107.Xr send 2
108.Rs
109.%T "An Introductory 4.4BSD Interprocess Communication Tutorial"
110.%A Stuart Sechrest
111.Re
112.%U https://docs.freebsd.org/44doc/psd/20.ipctut/paper.pdf
113.Rs
114.%T "An Advanced 4.4BSD Interprocess Communication Tutorial"
115.%A Samuel J. Leffler
116.%A Robert S. Fabry
117.%A William N. Joy
118.%A Phil Lapsley
119.%A Steve Miller
120.%A Chris Torek
121.%U https://docs.freebsd.org/44doc/psd/21.ipc/paper.pdf
122.Re
123.Sh HISTORY
124The
125.Fn sockatmark
126function was introduced by
127.St -p1003.1-2001 ,
128to standardize the historical
129.Dv SIOCATMARK
130.Xr ioctl 2 .
131The
132.Er ENOTTY
133error instead of the usual
134.Er ENOTSOCK
135is to match the historical behavior of
136.Dv SIOCATMARK .
137