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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2012-12-20 18:17:09 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2012-12-20 18:17:09 +0100 |
| commit | e6d86b417fbe3ca2f961edff20302ff0ced552f3 (patch) | |
| tree | 38b18380704f628dcc524b430ec82fbc741f2ea5 /man7/socket.7 | |
| parent | cd56c2fce6f737484335ead4a148f4f2e3b7ba5c (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-e6d86b417fbe3ca2f961edff20302ff0ced552f3.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/man7/socket.7 b/man7/socket.7 index 5515a74e01..32ec131f9e 100644 --- a/man7/socket.7 +++ b/man7/socket.7 @@ -241,9 +241,9 @@ interfaces in the sockets API, the type .IR "struct sockaddr" is defined. -The purpose of this type is purely to allow casting of +The purpose of this type is purely to allow casting of domain-specific socket address types to a "generic" type, -so as to avoid compiler warnings about type mismatches in +so as to avoid compiler warnings about type mismatches in calls to the sockets API. In addition, the sockets API provides the data type @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ In addition, the sockets API provides the data type This type is suitable to accommodate all supported domain-specific socket address structures; it is large enough and is aligned properly. -(In particular, it is large enough to hold +(In particular, it is large enough to hold IPv6 socket addresses.) The structure includes the following field, which can be used to identify the type of socket address actually stored in the structure: @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ the type of socket address actually stored in the structure: .fi .in -The +The .I sockaddr_storage structure is useful in programs that must handle socket addresses in a generic way |