The GNU C Library - Open/Close Sockets

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Opening and Closing Sockets

This section describes the actual library functions for opening and closing sockets. The same functions work for all namespaces and connection styles.

Creating a Socket How to open a socket.
Closing a Socket How to close a socket.
Socket Pairs These are created like pipes.


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