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UDP_OPEN(3)		    libdill Library Functions		     UDP_OPEN(3)

NAME
     udp_open - opens an UDP socket

SYNOPSIS
	    #include <libdill.h>

	    int udp_open(
		struct ipaddr* local,
		struct ipaddr* remote);

DESCRIPTION
     UDP  is  an unreliable message-based protocol defined in RFC 768.	The size
     of the message is limited.  The protocol has no initial or  terminal  hand-
     shake.  A single socket can be used to different destinations.

     This function creates an UDP socket.

     local:  IP address to be used to set source IP address in outgoing packets.
     Also, the socket will receive packets sent to this address.  If port in the
     address is set to zero an ephemeral port will be chosen and filled into the
     local address.

     remote: IP address used as default destination for outbound packets.  It is
     used when destination address in udp_send function is set to NULL.   It  is
     also  used  by  msend  and mrecv functions which don't allow to specify the
     destination address explicitly.  Furthermore, if remote address is set, all
     the packets arriving from different addresses will be silently dropped.

     To close this socket use hclose function.

     This function is not available if libdill is compiled with  --disable-sock-
     ets option.

RETURN VALUE
     In  case  of  success the function returns newly created socket handle.  In
     case of error it returns -1 and sets errno to one of the values below.

ERRORS
     * EADDRINUSE: The local address is already in use.

     * EADDRNOTAVAIL: The specified address is not available from the local  ma-
       chine.

     * EINVAL: Invalid argument.

     * EMFILE: The maximum number of file descriptors in the process are already
       open.

     * ENFILE:	The maximum number of file descriptors in the system are already
       open.

     * ENOMEM: Not enough memory.

EXAMPLE
	    struct ipaddr local;
	    ipaddr_local(&local, NULL, 5555, 0);
	    struct ipaddr remote;
	    ipaddr_remote(&remote, "server.example.org", 5555, 0, -1);
	    int s = udp_open(&local, &remote);
	    udp_send(s1, NULL, "ABC", 3);
	    char buf[2000];
	    ssize_t sz = udp_recv(s, NULL, buf, sizeof(buf), -1);
	    hclose(s);

SEE ALSO
     hclose(3) mrecv(3) mrecvl(3) msend(3) msendl(3) udp_open_mem(3) udp_recv(3)
     udp_recvl(3) udp_send(3) udp_sendl(3)

libdill 							     UDP_OPEN(3)

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