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.\" Copyright (c) 2004, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
.TH libsocket 3LIB "23 Aug 2011" "SunOS 5.11" "Interface Libraries"
.SH NAME
libsocket \- sockets library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
cc [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lsocket\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
Functions in this library provide the socket internetworking interface, primarily used with the TCP/IP protocol suite.
.SH INTERFACES
.sp
.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
tab();
lw(2.75i) lw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) lw(2.75i) 
.
\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\fBgetifaddrs\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
\fBhtonl\fR\fBhtonll\fR
\fBhtons\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\fBntohl\fR
\fBntohll\fR\fBntohs\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
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB/lib/libsocket.so.1\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 26n
.rt  
shared object
.RE

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

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

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Availabilitysystem/library
_
MT-LevelSee the manual page for each interface.
.TE

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