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Command: accept | Section: 2 | Source: MINIX | File: accept.2
ACCEPT(2) System Calls Manual ACCEPT(2)
NAME
accept - accepts incoming connections on a socket
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/socket.h>
int accept(int sd, struct sockaddr * addr, socklen_t * addr_len);
DESCRIPTION
accept() accepts a new incoming connection on a listening socket sd.
The structure pointed to by addr is filled in with the address of the
peer, and addr_len is set to the length of the address of the peer.
RETURN VALUES
On success, this function returns a numeric socket descriptor. On er-
ror, -1 is returned and errno is set.
ERRORS
[EOPNOTSUPP] The socket does not support accept(2) (example: a UDP
socket).
[ENOTSOCK] The sd argument is not a socket.
[EINVAL] The socket is not listening or in an invalid state.
SEE ALSO
socket(2), connect(2)
ACCEPT(2)