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SESOCK

SESOCK.DLL contains routines for opening and closing i/o sockets.


sock_errno
Get the last error from any of the socket routines
SYNTAX sock_errno()
COMMENTS When a routine indicates an error return (usually SOCKET_ERROR), you can call this to get the exact error number. Under UNIX, you can just access 'errno' to get the same information.
RETURN Returns the error number of the error in question.
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socket
Create a socket and return it.
SYNTAX int socket(port), int socket(host, port)
COMMENTS Both calls create a socket and return it, returning SOCKET_ERROR if it failed. Sockets are created in blocking mode by default. Use ioctlsocket() to change back to non-blocking mode.

The first syntax is used to create and monitor a local port for connections. sockaccept() is used on the socket to create such a connection. It is not valid to socksend() or sockrecv() using this socket since it is not connected to anything.

The second syntax connects to a remote machine via the specified port. You cannot use sockaccept() on a socket created with this call.

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sockaccept
create and return a new socket
SYNTAX int sockaccept(int socket[, string connection])
COMMENTS sockaccept() can only be used on a socket created to monitor a port.

When a connection is ready, sockaccept() will create and return a new socket which is the particular connection to a single remote address. The original socket is still valid, and you can accept many times from the single original socket. If the socket is in blocking mode, sockaccept() will wait until a connection arrives if needed.

The connection parameter, if supplied, will be set to a string indicating the IP address (numeric) of the connecting entity. This address is not verified, so I believe it is relatively easy for a hacker to lie about this.

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closesocket
Close a socket.
SYNTAX void closesocket(socket)
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socksend
Send some data on a socket.
SYNTAX int socksend(socket, buffer[,length])
COMMENTS 'length' bytes are sent from the given array of characters (not null-terminated). If the length parameter is not provided, the string is assumed to be null-terminated, and the entire string is sent.
RETURN The number of bytes actually sent, or SOCKET_ERROR
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sockrecv
Read some data from a socket, up to length bytes.
SYNTAX int sockrecv(socket, buffer, length)
COMMENTS The buffer is converted to a string if necessary and grown to be able to hold all of the data transferred.

Note: under Windows, it is better to always do a sockselect() on the socket before receiving any data. Otherwise, sockrecv() will wait for data, and no Windows messages will be processed during this time. This may make your application very unresponsive.

RETURN Returns the number of bytes actually read or SOCKET_ERROR.
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sockselect
Wait until one or more of the given sockets are ready for reading/accepting.
SYNTAX sockselect(timeout, socket,...)
COMMENTS Any number of sockets can be specified, and an array can be specified as well (It must be an array of sockets.)

The time-out is the number of milliseconds to wait before giving up. If it is -1, wait indefinitely until some socket is ready. A socket that has lost its connection will show up as ready (and will return an error result when you try to use it.)

RETURN Returns one of the sockets ready to be processed, or SOCKET_ERROR if the timeout was reached. Currently, the first socket you specified that is ready is returned, but this behavior is not guaranteed.
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ioctlsocket
Perform a standard operation on a socket.
SYNTAX void ioctlsocket(socket, operation, parameter)
COMMENTS You pass it the operation you would like to accomplish and the parameter (usually 0 or non-0). The currently implemented operations are:

FIONBIO - The parameter is 0 (makes the socket blocking) or non-0 (makes the socket non-blocking).

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gethostname
Get hostname of current machine.
SYNTAX string gethostname()
RETURN Returns the hostname of the current machine.
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