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Why bind_service wants a sockaddr, not a sockaddr_in
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin 'Bob' Fu)
Sat Mar 15 18:41:32 1997
To: 6.033-lab@MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:41:18 EST
From: Kevin 'Bob' Fu <fubob@MIT.EDU>
I asked this question (as did a couple others) and benjie replied. We
thought this is useful to know.
Q. Why does bind_service want a (const struct sockaddr *) rather than
a (struct sockaddr_in *) ?
A. ok, so sockaddr is the structure to use for all networking calls,
because sockaddr_in is for inet and sockaddr_un is for unix (ipc), so
if you use sockaddr, it is a generic call for everything.
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