sockatmark(3)

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NAME

6       sockatmark - determine whether socket is at out-of-band mark
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <sys/socket.h>
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11       int sockatmark(int sockfd);
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13   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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15       sockatmark(): _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
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DESCRIPTION

18       sockatmark()  returns  a  value  indicating  whether  or not the socket
19       referred to by the file descriptor sockfd is at the  out-of-band  mark.
20       If  the socket is at the mark, then 1 is returned; if the socket is not
21       at the mark, 0 is returned.  This function does not remove the  out-of-
22       band mark.
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RETURN VALUE

25       A  successful  call  to  sockatmark() returns 1 if the socket is at the
26       out-of-band mark, or 0 if it is not.  On  error,  -1  is  returned  and
27       errno is set to indicate the error.
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ERRORS

30       EBADF  sockfd is not a valid file descriptor.
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32       EINVAL sockfd  is  not  a  file descriptor to which sockatmark() can be
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VERSIONS

36       sockatmark() was added to glibc in version 2.2.4.
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ATTRIBUTES

39       For  an  explanation  of  the  terms  used   in   this   section,   see
40       attributes(7).
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42       ┌─────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
43       │Interface    │ Attribute     │ Value   │
44       ├─────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
45       │sockatmark() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
46       └─────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO

48       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
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NOTES

51       If  sockatmark() returns 1, then the out-of-band data can be read using
52       the MSG_OOB flag of recv(2).
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54       Out-of-band data is supported only on some stream socket protocols.
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56       sockatmark() can safely be called from a handler for the SIGURG signal.
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58       sockatmark() is implemented using the SIOCATMARK ioctl(2) operation.
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BUGS

61       Prior to glibc 2.4, sockatmark() did not work.
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EXAMPLE

64       The following code can be used after receipt of a SIGURG signal to read
65       (and  discard)  all data up to the mark, and then read the byte of data
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68           char buf[BUF_LEN];
69           char oobdata;
70           int atmark, s;
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72           for (;;) {
73               atmark = sockatmark(sockfd);
74               if (atmark == -1) {
75                   perror("sockatmark");
76                   break;
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79               if (atmark)
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82               s = read(sockfd, buf, BUF_LEN);
83               if (s == -1)
84                   perror("read");
85               if (s <= 0)
86                   break;
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89           if (atmark == 1) {
90               if (recv(sockfd, &oobdata, 1, MSG_OOB) == -1) {
91                   perror("recv");
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93               }
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COLOPHON

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