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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml')
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1 files changed, 33 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml index dbd0d3c815..6a19e76c4f 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_tcp.xml @@ -8,16 +8,17 @@ <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> - The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, - Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in - compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the - Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be - retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. - - Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" - basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See - the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations - under the License. + Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); + you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. + You may obtain a copy of the License at + + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + limitations under the License. </legalnotice> @@ -77,9 +78,10 @@ do_recv(Sock, Bs) -> <name name="listen_option"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name><marker id="type-socket">socket()</marker></name> + <name>socket()</name> <desc> - <p>As returned by accept/1,2 and connect/3,4.</p> + <p><marker id="type-socket"/> + As returned by accept/1,2 and connect/3,4.</p> <marker id="connect"></marker> </desc> </datatype> @@ -112,7 +114,12 @@ do_recv(Sock, Bs) -> <item> <p>If a socket has somehow been connected without using <c>gen_tcp</c>, use this option to pass the file - descriptor for it.</p> + descriptor for it. If <c>{ip, ip_address()}</c> + and/or <c>{port, port_number()}</c> is combined with + this option the fd will be bound to the given interface + and port before connecting. If these options are not given + it is assumed that the fd is already bound appropriately. + </p> </item> <tag><c>inet</c></tag> @@ -342,11 +349,22 @@ do_recv(Sock, Bs) -> </func> <func> <name name="shutdown" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Immediately close a socket</fsummary> + <fsummary>Asynchronously close a socket</fsummary> <desc> - <p>Immediately close a socket in one or two directions.</p> + <p>Close a socket in one or two directions.</p> <p><c><anno>How</anno> == write</c> means closing the socket for writing, reading from it is still possible.</p> + <p>If <c><anno>How</anno> == read</c>, or there is no outgoing + data buffered in the <c><anno>Socket</anno></c> port, + then the socket is shutdown immediately and any error encountered + is returned in <c><anno>Reason</anno></c>.</p> + <p>If there is data buffered in the socket port, then the attempt + to shutdown the socket is postponed until that data is written to the + kernel socket send buffer. Any errors encountered will result + in the socket being closed and <c>{error, closed}</c> being returned + on the next + <seealso marker="gen_tcp#recv/2">recv/2</seealso> or + <seealso marker="gen_tcp#send/2">send/2</seealso>.</p> <p>To be able to handle that the peer has done a shutdown on the write side, the <c>{exit_on_close, false}</c> option is useful.</p> |