ixp_dial.3 (820B)
1 .TH "IXP_DIAL" 3 "2010 Jun" "libixp Manual" 2 3 .SH NAME 4 .P 5 ixp_dial, ixp_announce 6 7 .SH SYNOPSIS 8 .nf 9 #include <ixp.h> 10 11 int ixp_dial(const char *address); 12 13 int ixp_announce(const char *address); 14 .fi 15 16 .SH PARAMETERS 17 .TP 18 address 19 An address on which to connect or listen, 20 specified in the Plan 9 resources 21 specification format 22 (<protocol>!address\fI[!<port>]\fR) 23 24 .SH DESCRIPTION 25 .P 26 These functions hide some of the ugliness of Berkely 27 Sockets. ixp_dial connects to the resource at IaddressR, 28 while ixp_announce begins listening on IaddressR. 29 30 .SH RETURN VALUE 31 .P 32 These functions return file descriptors on success, and \-1 33 on failure. ixp_errbuf(3) may be inspected on failure. 34 35 .SH SEE ALSO 36 .P 37 socket(2) 38 39 40 .\" man code generated by txt2tags 2.5 (http://txt2tags.sf.net) 41 .\" cmdline: txt2tags -o- ixp_dial.man3 42