fpsocket function

Declaration

function fpsocket(domain: cint; xtype: cint; protocol: cint): cint

Description

fpSocket creates a new socket in domain Domain, from type xType using protocol Protocol. The Domain, Socket type and Protocol can be specified using predefined constants (see the section on constants for available constants) If successful, the function returns a socket descriptor, which can be passed to a subsequent fpBind call. If unsuccessfully, the function returns -1.

for an example, see Accept.

Errors

Errors are returned in SocketError, and include the following:

ESockEPROTONOSUPPORT

The protocol type or the specified protocol is not supported within this domain.

ESockEMFILE

The per-process descriptor table is full.

SYS_ENFILE

The system file table is full.

ESockEACCESS

Permission to create a socket of the specified type and/or protocol is denied.

ESockENOBUFS

Insufficient buffer space is available. The socket cannot be created until sufficient resources are freed.

See also

• FPSocketPair