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30.Dd May 15, 2003
31.Dt SOCKATMARK 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm sockatmark
35.Nd determine whether a socket is at the out-of-band mark
36.Sh LIBRARY
37.Lb libc
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In sys/socket.h
40.Ft int
41.Fn sockatmark "int s"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm sockatmark
45function determines whether the socket referenced by the file descriptor
46.Fa s
47is at the out-of-band mark.
48.Sh RETURN VALUES
49If successful, the
50.Nm sockatmark
51function returns 1 to indicate that the socket is at an out-of-band mark;
520 is returned if there is no out-of-band mark or the mark is preceded
53by in-band data.
54Otherwise, -1 is returned and
55.Va errno
56is set to indicate the error.
57.Sh ERRORS
58The
59.Nm sockatmark
60function will fail if:
61.Bl -tag -width Er
62.It Bq Er EBADF
63The argument
64.Fa s
65is not a valid file descriptor.
66.It Bq Er ENOTTY
67The file descriptor
68.Fa s
69does not refer to a socket.
70.El
71.Sh SEE ALSO
72.Xr ioctl 2 ,
73.Xr recv 2 ,
74.Xr socket 2
75.Rs
76.%T "An Introductory 4.4BSD Interprocess Communication Tutorial"
77.%A Stuart Sechrest
78.Re
79.Pq see Pa /usr/share/doc/psd/20.ipctut
80.Rs
81.%T "Advanced 4.4BSD IPC Tutorial"
82.%A Samuel J. Leffler
83.%A Robert S. Fabry
84.%A William N. Joy
85.%A Phil Lapsley
86.%A Steve Miller
87.%A Chris Torek
88.Re
89.Pq see Pa /usr/share/doc/psd/21.ipc
90.Sh STANDARDS
91The
92.Nm sockatmark
93function conforms to
94.St -p1003.1-2001 .
95.Sh HISTORY
96The
97.Nm sockatmark
98function appeared in
99.St -p1003.1g-2000
100as a replacement for the
101.Dv SIOCATMARK
102.Xr ioctl 2
103interface.
104