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authorLukas Larsson <[email protected]>2011-05-18 16:21:34 +0200
committerLukas Larsson <[email protected]>2011-05-18 16:21:34 +0200
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* 'dev' of super:otp: (166 commits) Corrected documentation error and added examples to Users Guide In TLS 1.1, failure to properly close a connection no longer requires that a session not be resumed. This is a change from TLS 1.0 to conform with widespread implementation practice. Erlang ssl will now in TLS 1.0 conform to the widespread implementation practice instead of the specification to avoid performance issues. Add escript to bootstrap/bin Remove unused variable warning in inet_res Remove unused variable in epmd_port Remove compiler warnings in inet_drv Add SASL test suite Allow same module name in multiple applications if explicitely excluded Fix bugs concerning the option report_missing_types Fix default encoding in SAX parser. re: remove gratuitous "it " in manpage Spelling in (backward *compatibility*) comment. Improve erl_docgen's support for Dialyzer specs and types dialyzer warning on mnesia_tm Add documentation text about majority checking add mnesia_majority_test suite where_to_wlock optimization + change_table_majority/2 bug in mnesia_tm:needs_majority/2 optimize sticky_lock maj. check check majority for sticky locks ...
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml')
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml193
1 files changed, 75 insertions, 118 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
index f05a224f33..fd843b00d9 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2010</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -54,33 +54,6 @@ $ <input>erl -sname test -kernel \</input>
<input>inet_default_listen_options '[{delay_send,true}]'</input></pre>
<p>Note that the default option <c>{active, true}</c> currently
cannot be changed, for internal reasons.</p>
- </description>
-
- <section>
- <title>DATA TYPES</title>
- <code type="none">
-#hostent{h_addr_list = [ip_address()] % list of addresses for this host
- h_addrtype = inet | inet6
- h_aliases = [hostname()] % list of aliases
- h_length = int() % length of address in bytes
- h_name = hostname() % official name for host
- The record is defined in the Kernel include file "inet.hrl"
- Add the following directive to the module:
- -include_lib("kernel/include/inet.hrl").
-
-hostname() = atom() | string()
-
-ip_address() = {N1,N2,N3,N4} % IPv4
- | {K1,K2,K3,K4,K5,K6,K7,K8} % IPv6
- Ni = 0..255
- Ki = 0..65535
-
-posix()
- an atom which is named from the Posix error codes used in
- Unix, and in the runtime libraries of most C compilers
-
-socket()
- see gen_tcp(3), gen_udp(3)</code>
<p>Addresses as inputs to functions can be either a string or a
tuple. For instance, the IP address 150.236.20.73 can be passed to
<c>gethostbyaddr/1</c> either as the string "150.236.20.73"
@@ -109,24 +82,58 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
{ok,{192,168,42,2}}
2> <input>inet_parse:address("FFFF::192.168.42.2").</input>
{ok,{65535,0,0,0,0,0,49320,10754}}</pre>
- </section>
+ </description>
+
+ <datatypes>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="hostent"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>The record is defined in the Kernel include file "inet.hrl".
+ Add the following directive to the module:</p>
+<code>-include_lib("kernel/include/inet.hrl").</code></desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="hostname"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="ip_address"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="ip4_address"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="ip6_address"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="posix"/>
+ <desc><p>An atom which is named from the Posix error codes
+ used in Unix, and in the runtime libraries of most
+ C compilers. See
+ <seealso marker="#error_codes">POSIX Error Codes</seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name><marker id="type-socket">socket()</marker></name>
+ <desc><p>See <seealso marker="gen_tcp#type-socket">gen_tcp(3)</seealso>
+ and <seealso marker="gen_udp#type-socket">gen_udp(3)</seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="family_option"/>
+ </datatype>
+ </datatypes>
+
<funcs>
<func>
- <name>close(Socket) -> ok</name>
+ <name name="close" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Close a socket of any type</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Socket = socket()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Closes a socket of any type.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>get_rc() -> [{Par, Val}]</name>
+ <name name="get_rc" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Return a list of IP configuration parameters</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Par, Val -- see below</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Returns the state of the Inet configuration database in
form of a list of recorded configuration parameters. (See the
@@ -135,116 +142,74 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>format_error(Posix) -> string()</name>
+ <name name="format_error" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Return a descriptive string for an error reason</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Posix = posix()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Returns a diagnostic error string. See the section below
- for possible <c>Posix</c> values and the corresponding
+ for possible <c><anno>Posix</anno></c> values and the corresponding
strings.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>getaddr(Host, Family) -> {ok, Address} | {error, posix()}</name>
+ <name name="getaddr" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Return the IP-address for a host</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Host = ip_address() | string() | atom()</v>
- <v>Family = inet | inet6</v>
- <v>Address = ip_address()</v>
- <v>posix() = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the IP-address for <c>Host</c> as a tuple of
- integers. <c>Host</c> can be an IP-address, a single hostname
+ <p>Returns the IP-address for <c><anno>Host</anno></c> as a tuple of
+ integers. <c><anno>Host</anno></c> can be an IP-address, a single hostname
or a fully qualified hostname.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>getaddrs(Host, Family) -> {ok, Addresses} | {error, posix()}</name>
+ <name name="getaddrs" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Return the IP-addresses for a host</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Host = ip_address() | string() | atom()</v>
- <v>Addresses = [ip_address()]</v>
- <v>Family = inet | inet6</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Returns a list of all IP-addresses for <c>Host</c>.
- <c>Host</c> can be an IP-address, a single hostname or a fully
+ <p>Returns a list of all IP-addresses for <c><anno>Host</anno></c>.
+ <c><anno>Host</anno></c> can be an IP-address, a single hostname or a fully
qualified hostname.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>gethostbyaddr(Address) -> {ok, Hostent} | {error, posix()}</name>
+ <name name="gethostbyaddr" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Return a hostent record for the host with the given address</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Address = string() | ip_address()</v>
- <v>Hostent = #hostent{}</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Returns a <c>hostent</c> record given an address.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>gethostbyname(Name) -> {ok, Hostent} | {error, posix()}</name>
+ <name name="gethostbyname" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Return a hostent record for the host with the given name</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Hostname = hostname()</v>
- <v>Hostent = #hostent{}</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Returns a <c>hostent</c> record given a hostname.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>gethostbyname(Name, Family) -> {ok, Hostent} | {error, posix()}</name>
+ <name name="gethostbyname" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Return a hostent record for the host with the given name</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Hostname = hostname()</v>
- <v>Family = inet | inet6</v>
- <v>Hostent = #hostent{}</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Returns a <c>hostent</c> record given a hostname, restricted
to the given address family.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>gethostname() -> {ok, Hostname}</name>
+ <name name="gethostname" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Return the local hostname</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Hostname = string()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Returns the local hostname. Will never fail.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>getifaddrs() -> {ok,Iflist} | {error,posix}</name>
+ <name name="getifaddrs" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Return a list of interfaces and their addresses</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Iflist = {Ifname,[Ifopt]}</v>
- <v>Ifname = string()</v>
- <v>Ifopt = {flag,[Flag]} | {addr,Addr} | {netmask,Netmask}
- | {broadaddr,Broadaddr} | {dstaddr,Dstaddr}
- | {hwaddr,Hwaddr}</v>
- <v>Flag = up | broadcast | loopback | pointtopoint
- | running | multicast</v>
- <v>Addr = Netmask = Broadadddr = Dstaddr = ip_address()</v>
- <v>Hwaddr = [byte()]</v>
- </type>
- </func>
<desc>
<p>
Returns a list of 2-tuples containing interface names and the
- interface's addresses. <c>Ifname</c> is a Unicode string.
- <c>Hwaddr</c> is hardware dependent, e.g on Ethernet interfaces
+ interface's addresses. <c><anno>Ifname</anno></c> is a Unicode string.
+ <c><anno>Hwaddr</anno></c> is hardware dependent, e.g on Ethernet interfaces
it is the 6-byte Ethernet address (MAC address (EUI-48 address)).
</p>
<p>
- The <c>{addr,Addr}</c>, <c>{netmask,_}</c> and <c>{broadaddr,_}</c>
+ The <c>{addr,<anno>Addr</anno>}</c>, <c>{netmask,_}</c> and <c>{broadaddr,_}</c>
tuples are repeated in the result list iff the interface has multiple
addresses. If you come across an interface that has
multiple <c>{flag,_}</c> or <c>{hwaddr,_}</c> tuples you have
@@ -252,8 +217,8 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
The <c>{flag,_}</c> tuple is mandatory, all other optional.
</p>
<p>
- Do not rely too much on the order of <c>Flag</c> atoms or
- <c>Ifopt</c> tuples. There are some rules, though:
+ Do not rely too much on the order of <c><anno>Flag</anno></c> atoms or
+ <c><anno>Ifopt</anno></c> tuples. There are some rules, though:
<list>
<item>
Immediately after <c>{addr,_}</c> follows <c>{netmask,_}</c>
@@ -261,7 +226,7 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
<item>
Immediately thereafter follows <c>{broadaddr,_}</c> if
the <c>broadcast</c> flag is <em>not</em> set and the
- <c>pointtopoint</c>flag <em>is</em> set.
+ <c>pointtopoint</c> flag <em>is</em> set.
</item>
<item>
Any <c>{netmask,_}</c>, <c>{broadaddr,_}</c> or
@@ -277,11 +242,12 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
</p>
<p>
On Windows, the data is fetched from quite different OS API
- functions, so the <c>Netmask</c> and <c>Broadaddr</c>
- values may be calculated, just as some <c>Flag</c> values.
+ functions, so the <c><anno>Netmask</anno></c> and <c><anno>Broadaddr</anno></c>
+ values may be calculated, just as some <c><anno>Flag</anno></c> values.
You have been warned. Report flagrant bugs.
</p>
</desc>
+ </func>
<func>
<name>getopts(Socket, Options) -> {ok, OptionValues} | {error, posix()}</name>
@@ -291,13 +257,14 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
<v>Options = [Opt | RawOptReq]</v>
<v>Opt = atom()</v>
<v>RawOptReq = {raw, Protocol, OptionNum, ValueSpec}</v>
- <v>Protocol = int()</v>
- <v>OptionNum = int()</v>
+ <v>Protocol = integer()</v>
+ <v>OptionNum = integer()</v>
<v>ValueSpec = ValueSize | ValueBin</v>
- <v>ValueSize = int()</v>
+ <v>ValueSize = integer()</v>
<v>ValueBin = binary()</v>
<v>OptionValues = [{Opt, Val} | {raw, Protocol, OptionNum, ValueBin}]</v>
</type>
+ <type name="socket_getopt"/>
<desc>
<p>Gets one or more options for a socket.
See <seealso marker="#setopts/2">setopts/2</seealso>
@@ -419,13 +386,8 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
</func>
<func>
- <name>peername(Socket) -> {ok, {Address, Port}} | {error, posix()}</name>
+ <name name="peername" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Return the address and port for the other end of a connection</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Socket = socket()</v>
- <v>Address = ip_address()</v>
- <v>Port = int()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Returns the address and port for the other end of a
connection.</p>
@@ -436,20 +398,15 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
<fsummary>Return the local port number for a socket</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Socket = socket()</v>
- <v>Port = int()</v>
+ <v>Port = integer()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Returns the local port number for a socket.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>sockname(Socket) -> {ok, {Address, Port}} | {error, posix()}</name>
+ <name name="sockname" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Return the local address and port number for a socket</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Socket = socket()</v>
- <v>Address = ip_address()</v>
- <v>Port = int()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Returns the local address and port number for a socket.</p>
</desc>
@@ -460,8 +417,8 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
<type>
<v>Socket = term()</v>
<v>Options = [{Opt, Val} | {raw, Protocol, Option, ValueBin}]</v>
- <v>Protocol = int()</v>
- <v>OptionNum = int()</v>
+ <v>Protocol = integer()</v>
+ <v>OptionNum = integer()</v>
<v>ValueBin = binary()</v>
<v>&nbsp;Opt, Val -- see below</v>
</type>