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Diffstat (limited to 'StdLib/BsdSocketLib/recvfrom.c')
-rw-r--r-- | StdLib/BsdSocketLib/recvfrom.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/StdLib/BsdSocketLib/recvfrom.c b/StdLib/BsdSocketLib/recvfrom.c index ce230231dc..20b3f4a916 100644 --- a/StdLib/BsdSocketLib/recvfrom.c +++ b/StdLib/BsdSocketLib/recvfrom.c @@ -18,8 +18,12 @@ /**
Receive data from a network connection and return the remote system's address.
- The ::recvfrom routine waits for receive data from a remote network
- connection. The
+ The recvfrom routine waits for receive data from a remote network
+ connection. This routine is typically called for SOCK_DGRAM sockets
+ when the socket is being shared by multiple remote systems and it is
+ important to get the remote system address for a response.
+
+ The
<a href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/recv.html">POSIX</a>
documentation is available online.
@@ -35,9 +39,9 @@ @param [in] address_len Length of the remote network address structure
- @return ::recvfrom returns the number of valid bytes in the buffer,
+ @return This routine returns the number of valid bytes in the buffer,
zero if no data was received, and -1 when an error occurs.
- In the case of an error, errno contains more details.
+ In the case of an error, ::errno contains more details.
**/
ssize_t
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