NAME
socketpair - create a pair of connected sockets
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
socketpair(d, type, protocol,
sv)
int d, type, protocol;
int sv[2];
DESCRIPTION
The socketpair call creates an unnamed pair of connected
sockets in
the specified domain d, of the specified type, and using the
optionally specified protocol. The descriptors used in
referencing
the new sockets are returned in sv[0] and sv[1]. The two
sockets
are indistinguishable.
DIAGNOSTICS
A 0 is returned if the call succeeds, -1 if it fails.
ERRORS
The call succeeds unless:
[EMFILE] Too many descriptors
are in use by this
process.
[EAFNOSUPPORT] The specified
address family is not supported
on this machine.
[EPROTONOSUPPORT] The specified
protocol is not supported on this
machine.
[EOPNOSUPPORT] The specified
protocol does not support
creation of socket pairs.
[EFAULT] The address sv does not
specify a valid part of
the process address space.
SEE ALSO
read(2), write(2), pipe(2)
BUGS
This call is currently implemented only for the UNIX
domain.