Name
socketpair
Synopsis
socketpair sock1, sock2, domain, type, prtcl
Creates an unnamed pair of sockets in the specified
domain and of the specified
type.
domain,
type, and
protocol are specified the same as for
socketpair(2). If socketpair is unimplemented, invoking
this function yields a fatal error. The function returns true if
successful.
This function is typically used just before a fork. One of the resulting processes
should close sock1, and the other
should close sock2. You can use these
sockets bidirectionally, unlike the filehandles created by the
pipe function.
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