.TH SEND 2

.SH NAME

send \- send a message through a socket

.SH SYNOPSIS

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#include <sys/socket.h>

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ssize_t send(int \fIsd\fP, const void * \fImsg\fP, size_t \fImsg_len\fP, int \fIflags\fP);

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.SH DESCRIPTION

send() sends a message to another socket. It may only be used with

connected sockets. At present, minix doesn't support setting

\fIflags\fP to any value other than 0.

.SH RETURN VALUES

On success, this function returns 0. On error, -1 is returned and

\fIerrno\fP is set.

.SH ERRORS

.TP 15

[ENOSYS]

The operation is not implemented for the given socket.

.TP 15

[ENOTCONN]

The socket is not connected; there is no peer.

.TP 15

[EFAULT]

The message pointed to by \fImsg\fP is not in a

valid part of the process address space.

.TP 15

[EAFNOSUPPORT]

The address family is not supported by send().

.TP 15

[EPIPE]

The socket is shutdown for writing.

.TP 15

[EMSGSIZE]

The message is too big.

.SH SEE ALSO

.BR socket(2)

.BR sendto(2)

.BR recv(2)

.BR recvfrom(2)