<sys/socket.h> socket definitions
/*
* Types of sockets
*/
#define SOCK_STREAM 1 /* stream socket */
#define SOCK_DGRAM 2 /* datagram socket */
#define SOCK_RAW 3 /* raw-protocol interface */
#define SOCK_RDM 4 /* reliably-delivered message */
#define SOCK_SEQPACKET 5 /* sequenced packet stream */
/*
* Option flags per-socket.
*/
#define SO_DEBUG 0x0001 /* turn on debugging info recording */
#define SO_ACCEPTCONN 0x0002 /* socket has had listen() */
#define SO_REUSEADDR 0x0004 /* allow local address reuse */
#define SO_KEEPALIVE 0x0008 /* keep connections alive */
#define SO_DONTROUTE 0x0010 /* just use interface addresses */
#define SO_BROADCAST 0x0020 /* permit sending of broadcast msgs */
#define SO_USELOOPBACK 0x0040 /* bypass hardware when possible */
#define SO_LINGER 0x0080 /* linger on close if data present */
#define SO_OOBINLINE 0x0100 /* leave received OOB data in line */
/*
* Additional options, not kept in so_options.
*/
#define SO_SNDBUF 0x1001 /* send buffer size */
#define SO_RCVBUF 0x1002 /* receive buffer size */
#define SO_SNDLOWAT 0x1003 /* send low-water mark */
#define SO_RCVLOWAT 0x1004 /* receive low-water mark */
#define SO_SNDTIMEO 0x1005 /* send timeout */
#define SO_RCVTIMEO 0x1006 /* receive timeout */
#define SO_ERROR 0x1007 /* get error status and clear */
#define SO_TYPE 0x1008 /* get socket type */
#define SO_SND_COPYAVOID 0x1009 /* avoid copy on send*/
#define SO_RCV_COPYAVOID 0x100a /* avoid copy on rcv */
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