diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'manual/socket.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | manual/socket.texi | 24 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/manual/socket.texi b/manual/socket.texi index 0b338fca82..91084be16d 100644 --- a/manual/socket.texi +++ b/manual/socket.texi @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Use of this style is covered in detail in @ref{Connections}. @comment BSD @deftypevr Macro int SOCK_DGRAM The @code{SOCK_DGRAM} style is used for sending -individually-addressed packets, unreliably. +individually-addressed packets, unreliably. It is the diametrical opposite of @code{SOCK_STREAM}. Each time you write data to a socket of this kind, that data becomes @@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ for information about this. * Services Database:: Ports may have symbolic names. * Byte Order:: Different hosts may use different byte ordering conventions; you need to - canonicalize host address and port number. + canonicalize host address and port number. * Inet Example:: Putting it all together. @end menu @@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ numeric address it stands for. * Names: Host Names. Translating host names to host numbers. @end menu -@node Abstract Host Addresses +@node Abstract Host Addresses @subsubsection Internet Host Addresses @cindex host address, Internet @cindex Internet host address @@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ of an Internet address specifies a network. The remaining bytes of the Internet address specify the address within that network. The Class A network 0 is reserved for broadcast to all networks. In -addition, the host number 0 within each network is reserved for broadcast +addition, the host number 0 within each network is reserved for broadcast to all hosts in that network. The Class A network 127 is reserved for loopback; you can always use @@ -966,9 +966,9 @@ This condition happens when the name server could not be contacted. If you try again later, you may succeed then. @comment netdb.h -@comment BSD -@item NO_RECOVERY -@vindex NO_RECOVERY +@comment BSD +@item NO_RECOVERY +@vindex NO_RECOVERY A non-recoverable error occurred. @comment netdb.h @@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@ read and write operations. But, like pipes, sockets do not support file positioning operations. @end deftypefun -For examples of how to call the @code{socket} function, +For examples of how to call the @code{socket} function, see @ref{File Namespace}, or @ref{Inet Example}. @@ -1615,7 +1615,7 @@ error conditions are defined for this function: The socket @var{socket} is not a valid file descriptor. @item ENOTSOCK -The socket @var{socket} is not a socket. +File descriptor @var{socket} is not a socket. @item EADDRNOTAVAIL The specified address is not available on the remote machine. @@ -2635,7 +2635,7 @@ This option gets or sets the size of the input buffer. The value is a @comment GNU @item SO_STYLE @comment sys/socket.h -@comment BSD +@comment BSD @itemx SO_TYPE This option can be used with @code{getsockopt} only. It is used to get the socket's communication style. @code{SO_TYPE} is the @@ -2644,7 +2644,7 @@ The value has type @code{int} and its value designates a communication style; see @ref{Communication Styles}. @comment sys/socket.h -@comment BSD +@comment BSD @item SO_ERROR @c Extra blank line here makes the table look better. @@ -2712,7 +2712,7 @@ network. @deftypefun {struct netent *} getnetbyaddr (long @var{net}, int @var{type}) The @code{getnetbyaddr} function returns information about the network of type @var{type} with number @var{net}. You should specify a value of -@code{AF_INET} for the @var{type} argument for Internet networks. +@code{AF_INET} for the @var{type} argument for Internet networks. @code{getnetbyaddr} returns a null pointer if there is no such network. |