Extracted from Pike v7.6 release 61 at 2005-12-30.
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Method Stdio.File()->open_socket()


Method open_socket

int(0..1) open_socket(int|void port, string|void addr, int|void family)


Method open_socket

int open_socket(int|string|void port, string|void address, int|void family)

Description

This makes this file into a socket ready for connections. The reason for this function is so that you can set the socket to nonblocking or blocking (default is blocking) before you call connect() .

If you give a port number to this function, the socket will be bound to this port locally before connecting anywhere. This is only useful for some silly protocols like FTP. You may also specify an address to bind to if your machine has many IP numbers.

port can also be specified as a string, giving the name of the service associated with the port.

Finally, a protocol family for the socket can be specified. If no family is specified, one which is appropriate for the address is automatically selected. Thus, there is normally no need to specify it.

Returns

This function returns 1 for success, 0 otherwise.

See also

connect() , set_nonblocking() , set_blocking()