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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml index fad5af85bb..b727960d96 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>2011</year> + <year>1997</year><year>2012</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38 <fsummary>Return a descriptive string for an error reason</fsummary> <desc> <p>Returns a diagnostic error string. See the section below - for possible <c><anno>Posix</anno></c> values and the corresponding + for possible Posix values and the corresponding strings.</p> </desc> </func> @@ -445,10 +445,34 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38 flow control; the other side will not be able send faster than the receiver can read.</p> </item> + + <tag><c>{bit8, clear | set | on | off}</c></tag> + <item> + <p> + Scans every byte in received data-packets and checks if the 8 bit + is set in any of them. Information is retrieved with + <c>inet:getopts/2</c>. + </p> + <p>Note that the <c>bit8</c> option is deprecated and will be removed in Erlang/OTP R16.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>{broadcast, Boolean}</c>(UDP sockets)</tag> <item> <p>Enable/disable permission to send broadcasts.</p> + <marker id="option-buffer"></marker> </item> + + <tag><c>{buffer, Size}</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Determines the size of the user-level software buffer used by + the driver. Not to be confused with <c>sndbuf</c> + and <c>recbuf</c> options which correspond to + the kernel socket buffers. It is recommended + to have <c>val(buffer) >= max(val(sndbuf),val(recbuf))</c>. + In fact, the <c>val(buffer)</c> is automatically set to + the above maximum when <c>sndbuf</c> or <c>recbuf</c> values are set.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>{delay_send, Boolean}</c></tag> <item> <p>Normally, when an Erlang process sends to a socket, @@ -463,10 +487,19 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38 real property of the socket. Needless to say it is an implementation specific option. Default is <c>false</c>.</p> </item> + + <tag><c>{deliver, port | term}</c></tag> + <item> <p> When <c>{active, true}</c> delivers data on the forms + <c>port</c> : <c>{S, {data, [H1,..Hsz | Data]}}</c> or + <c>term</c> : <c>{tcp, S, [H1..Hsz | Data]}</c>. + </p> + </item> + <tag><c>{dontroute, Boolean}</c></tag> <item> <p>Enable/disable routing bypass for outgoing messages.</p> </item> + <tag><c>{exit_on_close, Boolean}</c></tag> <item> <p>By default this option is set to <c>true</c>.</p> @@ -476,6 +509,7 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38 <seealso marker="gen_tcp#shutdown/2">gen_tcp:shutdown/2</seealso> to shutdown the write side.</p> </item> + <tag><c>{header, Size}</c></tag> <item> <p>This option is only meaningful if the <c>binary</c> @@ -487,6 +521,15 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38 example <c>Size == 2</c>, the data received will match <c>[Byte1,Byte2|Binary]</c>.</p> </item> + + <tag><c>{high_watermark, Size}</c></tag> + <item> <p> + Sender is forced busy if sent and enqueued data + reaches the highwater mark. + <br /> Default: 8192 kB. + </p> + </item> + <tag><c>{keepalive, Boolean}</c>(TCP/IP sockets)</tag> <item> <p>Enables/disables periodic transmission on a connected @@ -494,7 +537,43 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38 the other end does not respond, the connection is considered broken and an error message will be sent to the controlling process. Default disabled.</p> + <marker id="option-linger"></marker> </item> + + <tag><c>{linger, {true|false, Seconds}}</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Determines the timeout in seconds for flushing unsent data in the + <c>close/1</c> socket call. If the 1st component of the value + tuple is <c>false</c>, the 2nd one is ignored, which means that + <c>close/1</c> returns immediately not waiting + for data to be flushed. Otherwise, the 2nd component is + the flushing time-out in seconds.</p> + </item> + + <tag><c>{low_watermark, Size}</c></tag> + <item> <p> + If the port has reached its <c>high_watermark</c> it will + force busy onto senders. When the port data queue reaches the + <c>low_watermark</c> callers are no longer forced busy. + <br /> Default: 4096 kB. + </p> + </item> + + <tag><c>{mode, Mode :: binary | list}</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Received <c>Packet</c> is delivered as defined by Mode.</p> + </item> + + <tag><c>list</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Received <c>Packet</c> is delivered as a list.</p> + </item> + + <tag><c>binary</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Received <c>Packet</c> is delivered as a binary.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>{nodelay, Boolean}</c>(TCP/IP sockets)</tag> <item> <p>If <c>Boolean == true</c>, the <c>TCP_NODELAY</c> option @@ -573,7 +652,21 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38 is longer than the max allowed length, the packet is considered invalid. The same happens if the packet header is too big for the socket receive buffer.</p> + <p>For line oriented protocols (<c>line</c>,<c>http*</c>), + option <c>packet_size</c> also guarantees that lines up to the + indicated length are accepted and not considered invalid due + to internal buffer limitations.</p> </item> + + <tag><c>{priority, Priority}</c></tag> + <item> <p>Set the protocol-defined priority for all packets to be sent + on this socket.</p> + </item> + + <tag><c>{raw, Protocol, OptionNum, ValueBin}</c></tag> + <item> <p>See below.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>{read_packets, Integer}</c>(UDP sockets)</tag> <item> <p>Sets the max number of UDP packets to read without @@ -585,7 +678,7 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38 high the system can become unresponsive due to UDP packet flooding.</p> </item> - <tag><c>{recbuf, Integer}</c></tag> + <tag><c>{recbuf, Size}</c></tag> <item> <p>Gives the size of the receive buffer to use for the socket.</p> @@ -614,9 +707,10 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38 returns <c>{error,timeout}</c>. The recommended setting is <c>true</c> which will automatically close the socket. Default is <c>false</c> due to backward compatibility.</p> + <marker id="option-sndbuf"></marker> </item> - <tag><c>{sndbuf, Integer}</c></tag> + <tag><c>{sndbuf, Size}</c></tag> <item> <p>Gives the size of the send buffer to use for the socket.</p> </item> @@ -635,6 +729,7 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38 not implemented. Use with caution.</p> </item> </taglist> + <p>In addition to the options mentioned above, <em>raw</em> option specifications can be used. The raw options are specified as a tuple of arity four, beginning with the tag |