Socket

   

Declaration:

Function Socket (Domain,SocketType,Protocol:Longint) : Longint;

Description:

Socket creates a new socket in domain Domain, from type SocketType using protocol Protocol.

The Domain, Socket type and Protocol can be specified using predefined constants (see the section on constants for available constants)

If succesfull, the function returns a socket descriptor, which can be passed to a subsequent Bind call. If unsuccesfull, the function returns -1.

Errors:

Errors are returned in SocketError, and include the follwing:

SYS_EPROTONOSUPPORT

The protocol type or the specified protocol is not supported within this domain.

SYS_EMFILE

The per-process descriptor table is full.

SYS_ENFILE

The system file table is full.

SYS_EACCESS

Permission to create a socket of the specified type and/or protocol is denied.

SYS_ENOBUFS

Insufficient buffer space is available. The socket cannot be created until sufficient resources are freed.

See also:

SocketPair, socket (2) for an example, see Accept.