1httpd_socket(3)            Erlang Module Definition            httpd_socket(3)
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NAME

6       httpd_socket - Communication utility functions to be used by the Erlang
7           web server API programmer.
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DESCRIPTION

10       This  module  provides the Erlang web server API module programmer with
11       utility functions for generic sockets  communication.  The  appropriate
12       communication mechanism is transparently used, that is, ip_comm or ssl.
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EXPORTS

15       deliver(SocketType, Socket, Data) -> Result
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19                 SocketType = socket_type()
20                 Socket = socket()
21                 Data = io_list() | binary()
22                 Result = socket_closed | void()
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24              deliver/3 sends Data over Socket using the specified SocketType.
25              Socket and SocketType is to be the socket  and  the  socket_type
26              form the mod record as defined in httpd.hrl
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28       peername(SocketType,Socket) -> {Port,IPAddress}
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32                 SocketType = socket_type()
33                 Socket = socket()
34                 Port = integer()
35                 IPAddress = string()
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37              peername/2 returns the Port and IPAddress of the remote Socket.
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39       resolve() -> HostName
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45              resolve/0 returns the official HostName of the current host.
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SEE ALSO

48       httpd(3)
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52Ericsson AB                       inets 7.3.2                  httpd_socket(3)