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[unix-history] / usr / src / lib / libc / sys / listen.2

diff --git a/usr/src/lib/libc/sys/listen.2 b/usr/src/lib/libc/sys/listen.2
index cd1bed4..b9ad1f9 100644 (file)
--- a/usr/src/lib/libc/sys/listen.2
+++ b/usr/src/lib/libc/sys/listen.2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
 .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
 .\"
 .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
 .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
 .\"

-.\"    @(#)listen.2    6.1 (Berkeley) %G%
+.\"    @(#)listen.2    6.2 (Berkeley) %G%

 .\"
 .TH LISTEN 2 ""
 .UC 5
 .\"
 .TH LISTEN 2 ""
 .UC 5


@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ int s, backlog;
 To accept connections, a socket
 is first created with
 .IR socket (2),
 To accept connections, a socket
 is first created with
 .IR socket (2),

-a backlog for incoming connections is specified with
-.IR listen (2)
+a willingness to accept incoming connections and
+a queue limit for incoming connections are specified with
+.IR listen (2),

 and then the connections are
 accepted with
 .IR accept (2).
 and then the connections are
 accepted with
 .IR accept (2).


@@ -28,15 +29,17 @@ The
 call applies only to sockets of type
 SOCK_STREAM
 or
 call applies only to sockets of type
 SOCK_STREAM
 or

-SOCK_PKTSTREAM.
+SOCK_SEQPACKET.

 .PP
 The
 .I backlog
 parameter defines the maximum length the queue of
 pending connections may grow to.
 If a connection
 .PP
 The
 .I backlog
 parameter defines the maximum length the queue of
 pending connections may grow to.
 If a connection

-request arrives with the queue full the client will
-receive an error with an indication of ECONNREFUSED.
+request arrives with the queue full the client may
+receive an error with an indication of ECONNREFUSED,
+or, if the underlying protocol supports retransmission,
+the request may be ignored so that retries may succeed.

 .SH "RETURN VALUE
 A 0 return value indicates success; \-1 indicates an error.
 .SH "ERRORS
 .SH "RETURN VALUE
 A 0 return value indicates success; \-1 indicates an error.
 .SH "ERRORS