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Diffstat (limited to 'man3/sockaddr-struct.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/sockaddr-struct.3 | 21 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man3/sockaddr-struct.3 b/man3/sockaddr-struct.3 index 0db6b5930b..6e2050c6b9 100644 --- a/man3/sockaddr-struct.3 +++ b/man3/sockaddr-struct.3 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .TH SOCKADDR 3 2022-02-24 Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME -sockaddr, socklen_t \- socket address +sockaddr, sockaddr_storage, socklen_t \- socket address .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include <sys/socket.h> @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ sockaddr, socklen_t \- socket address .BR " char sa_data[];" " /* Socket address */" .B }; .PP +.B struct sockaddr_storage { +.BR " sa_family_t ss_family;" " /* Address family */" +.B }; +.PP .BR typedef " /* ... */ " socklen_t; .fi .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -17,6 +21,16 @@ sockaddr, socklen_t \- socket address .I sockaddr Describes a socket address. .TP +.I sockaddr_storage +According to POSIX, +a structure large enough to accomodate all supported +.IR sockaddr_ * +address structures. +It's aligned so that a pointer to it can be cast +as a pointer to other +.IR sockaddr_ * +structures and used to access its fields. +.TP .I socklen_t Describes the length of a socket address. According to POSIX, @@ -34,5 +48,8 @@ is also defined in .BR getpeername (2), .BR getsockname (2), .BR socket (2), +.BR getaddrinfo (3), .BR gethostbyaddr (3), -.BR getnameinfo (3) +.BR getnameinfo (3), +.BR ipv6 (7), +.BR socket (7) |