NAME

IODP-TCP - input/output descriptor protocol for TCP sockets


DESCRIPTION

This text documents the TCP specific parts of the input/output descriptors protocol.


ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

IODP_n_PROTO
will be set to TCP4.

IODP_n_LOCALADDR1
will be set to the local IP address the socket is bound to.

If the socket is not bound to an address then this variable will not be set.

If the socket is bound to any address then this variable will be set to 0.0.0.0.

IODP_n_LOCALADDR2
will be set to the local port the socket is bound to, or will be empty if the socket is not bound to any port.

IODP_n_LOCALNAME
may be set to the first DNS name of the local address of the socket.

IODP_n_REMOTEADDR1
will be set to the remote IP address the socket is connected to. If the socket is not connected then this variable will not be set.

IODP_n_REMOTEADDR2
will be set to the remote port the socket is bound to, or will be empty if the socket is not connected.

IODP_n_REMOTENAME
may be set to the first DNS name of the host the socket is connected to, or will be empty if the socket is not connected.

IODP_n_LISTEN
may be set to a numerical value describing the backlog argument given to the listen system call if the socket is in listen state. It will be unset if the value is not known or the socket is in a different state.


SEE ALSO

The IODP specification iodp(5).


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