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SOCKATMARK(3)

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NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     sockatmark -- determine whether the read pointer is at the OOB mark

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <sys/socket.h>

     int
     sockatmark(int s);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     To find out if the read pointer is currently pointing at the mark in the
     data stream, the sockatmark() function is provided.  If sockatmark()
     returns 1, the next read will return data after the mark.	Otherwise
     (assuming out of band data has arrived), the next read will provide data
     sent by the client prior to transmission of the out of band signal.  The
     routine used in the remote login process to flush output on receipt of an
     interrupt or quit signal is shown below.  It reads the normal data up to
     the mark (to discard it), then reads the out-of-band byte.

	   #include <sys/socket.h>
	   ...
	   oob()
	   {
		   int out = FWRITE, mark;
		   char waste[BUFSIZ];

		   /* flush local terminal output */
		   ioctl(1, TIOCFLUSH, (char *)&out);
		   for (;;) {
			   if ((mark = sockatmark(rem)) < 0) {
				   perror("sockatmark");
				   break;
			   }
			   if (mark)
				   break;
			   (void) read(rem, waste, sizeof (waste));
		   }
		   if (recv(rem, &mark, 1, MSG_OOB) < 0) {
			   perror("recv");
			   ...
		   }
		   ...
	   }

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     Upon successful completion, the sockatmark() function returns the value 1
     if the read pointer is pointing at the OOB mark, 0 if it is not.  Otherwise
 the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to
     indicate the error.

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The sockatmark() call fails if:

     [EBADF]		The s argument is not a valid descriptor.

     [ENOTTY]		The s argument is a descriptor for a file, not a
			socket.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

      
      
     recv(2), send(2)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The sockatmark() function was introduced by IEEE Std 1003.1-2001
     (``POSIX.1''), to standardize the historical SIOCATMARK ioctl(2).	The
     ENOTTY error instead of the usual ENOTSOCK is to match the historical
     behavior of SIOCATMARK.


FreeBSD 5.2.1		       October 13, 2002 		 FreeBSD 5.2.1
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