[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / pod / modpods / Socket.pod

=head1 NAME

Socket - load the C socket.h defines

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    use Socket;

    $proto = (getprotobyname('udp'))[2];         
    socket(Socket_Handle, PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, $proto); 

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This module is just a translation of the C F<socket.h> file.
Unlike the old mechanism of requiring a translated F<socket.ph>
file, this uses the B<h2xs> program (see the Perl source distribution)
and your native C compiler.  This means that it has a 
far more likely chance of getting the numbers right.

=head1 NOTE

Only C<#define> symbols get translated; you must still correctly
pack up your own arguments to pass to bind(), etc.
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a0d0e21e	1	=head1 NAME
	2
	3	Socket - load the C socket.h defines
	4
	5	=head1 SYNOPSIS
	6
	7	use Socket;
	8
	9	$proto = (getprotobyname('udp'))[2];
	10	socket(Socket_Handle, PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, $proto);
	11
	12	=head1 DESCRIPTION
	13
	14	This module is just a translation of the C F<socket.h> file.
	15	Unlike the old mechanism of requiring a translated F<socket.ph>
	16	file, this uses the B<h2xs> program (see the Perl source distribution)
	17	and your native C compiler. This means that it has a
	18	far more likely chance of getting the numbers right.
	19
	20	=head1 NOTE
	21
	22	Only C<#define> symbols get translated; you must still correctly
	23	pack up your own arguments to pass to bind(), etc.