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-.\" Copyright (c) 1983 The Regents of the University of California.
+.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.

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-.\"    @(#)send.2      6.5 (Berkeley) %G%
+.\"     @(#)send.2     6.7 (Berkeley) %G%

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-.TH SEND 2 ""
-.UC 5
-.SH NAME
-send, sendto, sendmsg \- send a message from a socket
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.nf
-.ft B
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-.PP
-.ft B
-cc = send(s, msg, len, flags)
-int cc, s;
-char *msg;
-int len, flags;
-.PP
-.ft B
-cc = sendto(s, msg, len, flags, to, tolen)
-int cc, s;
-char *msg;
-int len, flags;
-struct sockaddr *to;
-int tolen;
-.PP
-.ft B
-cc = sendmsg(s, msg, flags)
-int cc, s;
-struct msghdr *msg;
-int flags;
-.fi
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.IR Send ,
-.IR sendto ,
+.Dd 
+.Dt SEND 2
+.Os BSD 4.2
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm send ,
+.Nm sendto ,
+.Nm sendmsg
+.Nd send a message from a socket
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
+.Fd #include <sys/socket.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fn send "int s" "const char *msg" "int len" "int flags"
+.Ft int
+.Fn sendto "int s" "const char *msg" "int len" "int flags" "const struct sockaddr *to" "int tolen"
+.Ft int
+.Fn sendmsg "int s" "const struct msghdr *msg" "int flags"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Fn Send ,
+.Fn sendto ,

 and
 and

-.I sendmsg
+.Fn sendmsg

 are used to transmit a message to another socket.
 are used to transmit a message to another socket.

-.I Send
+.Fn Send

 may be used only when the socket is in a 
 may be used only when the socket is in a 

-.I connected
+.Em connected

 state, while 
 state, while 

-.I sendto
+.Fn sendto

 and
 and

-.I sendmsg
+.Fn sendmsg

 may be used at any time.
 may be used at any time.

-.PP
+.Pp

 The address of the target is given by
 The address of the target is given by

-.I to
+.Fa to

 with 
 with 

-.I tolen
+.Fa tolen

 specifying its size.
 The length of the message is given by
 specifying its size.
 The length of the message is given by

-.IR len .
+.Fa len .

 If the message is too long to pass atomically through the
 If the message is too long to pass atomically through the

-underlying protocol, then the error EMSGSIZE is returned, and
+underlying protocol, the error
+.Er EMSGSIZE
+is returned, and

 the message is not transmitted.
 the message is not transmitted.

-.PP
+.Pp

 No indication of failure to deliver is implicit in a
 No indication of failure to deliver is implicit in a

-.IR send .
-Return values of \-1 indicate some locally detected errors.
-.PP
+.Fn send .
+Locally detected errors are indicated by a return value of -1.
+.Pp

 If no messages space is available at the socket to hold
 the message to be transmitted, then
 If no messages space is available at the socket to hold
 the message to be transmitted, then

-.I send
+.Fn send

 normally blocks, unless the socket has been placed in
 non-blocking I/O mode.
 The
 normally blocks, unless the socket has been placed in
 non-blocking I/O mode.
 The

-.IR select (2)
+.Xr select 2

 call may be used to determine when it is possible to
 send more data.
 call may be used to determine when it is possible to
 send more data.

-.PP
+.Pp

 The
 The

-.I flags
+.Fa flags

 parameter may include one or more of the following:
 parameter may include one or more of the following:

-.PP
-.nf
-.RS
-.ta \w'#define\ \ 'u +\w'MSG_DONTROUTE\ \ \ 'u +\w'0x\0\0\0\ \ 'u
-#define        MSG_OOB 0x1     /* process out-of-band data */
+.Pp
+.Bd -literal
+#define        MSG_OOB         0x1     /* process out-of-band data */

 #define        MSG_DONTROUTE   0x4     /* bypass routing, use direct interface */
 #define        MSG_DONTROUTE   0x4     /* bypass routing, use direct interface */

-.RE
-.fi
-The flag MSG_OOB is used to send \*(lqout-of-band\*(rq
-data on sockets that support this notion (e.g. SOCK_STREAM);
-the underlying protocol must also support \*(lqout-of-band\*(rq data.
-MSG_DONTROUTE is usually used only by diagnostic or routing programs.
-.PP
+.Ed
+.Pp
+The flag
+.Dv MSG_OOB
+is used to send
+.Dq out-of-band
+data on sockets that support this notion (e.g.
+.Dv SOCK_STREAM ) ;
+the underlying protocol must also support
+.Dq out-of-band
+data.
+.Dv MSG_DONTROUTE
+is usually used only by diagnostic or routing programs.
+.Pp

 See 
 See 

-.IR recv (2)
+.Xr recv 2

 for a description of the
 for a description of the

-.I msghdr
+.Fa msghdr

 structure.
 structure.

-.SH "RETURN VALUE
-The call returns the number of characters sent, or \-1
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+The call returns the number of characters sent, or -1

 if an error occurred.
 if an error occurred.

-.SH "ERRORS
-.TP 20
-[EBADF]
+.Sh ERRORS
+.Fn Send ,
+.Fn sendto ,
+and
+.Fn sendmsg
+fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width [EWOULDBLOCK]
+.It Bq Er EBADF

 An invalid descriptor was specified.
 An invalid descriptor was specified.

-.TP 20
-[ENOTSOCK]
-The argument \fIs\fP is not a socket.
-.TP 20
-[EFAULT]
+.It Bq Er ENOTSOCK
+The argument
+.Fa s
+is not a socket.
+.It Bq Er EFAULT

 An invalid user space address was specified for a parameter.
 An invalid user space address was specified for a parameter.

-.TP 20
-[EMSGSIZE]
+.It Bq Er EMSGSIZE

 The socket requires that message be sent atomically,
 and the size of the message to be sent made this impossible.
 The socket requires that message be sent atomically,
 and the size of the message to be sent made this impossible.

-.TP 20
-[EWOULDBLOCK]
+.It Bq Er EWOULDBLOCK

 The socket is marked non-blocking and the requested operation
 would block.
 The socket is marked non-blocking and the requested operation
 would block.

-.TP 20
-[ENOBUFS]
+.It Bq Er ENOBUFS

 The system was unable to allocate an internal buffer.
 The operation may succeed when buffers become available.
 The system was unable to allocate an internal buffer.
 The operation may succeed when buffers become available.

-.TP 20
-[ENOBUFS]
+.It Bq Er ENOBUFS

 The output queue for a network interface was full.
 This generally indicates that the interface has stopped sending,
 but may be caused by transient congestion.
 The output queue for a network interface was full.
 This generally indicates that the interface has stopped sending,
 but may be caused by transient congestion.

-.SH SEE ALSO
-fcntl(2), recv(2), select(2), getsockopt(2), socket(2), write(2)
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr fcntl 2 ,
+.Xr recv 2 ,
+.Xr select 2 ,
+.Xr getsockopt 2 ,
+.Xr socket 2 ,
+.Xr write 2
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+function call appeared in
+.Bx 4.2 .