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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/manual/socket.texi b/manual/socket.texi index 6ee82010f7..1d9d527488 100644 --- a/manual/socket.texi +++ b/manual/socket.texi @@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ features, and will eventually replace IPv4. To create a socket in the IPv4 Internet namespace, use the symbolic name @code{PF_INET} of this namespace as the @var{namespace} argument to @code{socket} or @code{socketpair}. For IPv6 addresses you need the -macro @code{PF_INET6}. These macros are defined in @file{sys/socket.h}. +macro @code{PF_INET6}. These macros are defined in @file{sys/socket.h}. @pindex sys/socket.h @comment sys/socket.h @@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ it in the @code{struct in_addr} that @var{addr} points to. This function converts the IPv4 Internet host address @var{name} from the standard numbers-and-dots notation into binary data. If the input is not valid, @code{inet_addr} returns @code{INADDR_NONE}. This is an -obsolete interface to @code{inet_aton}, described immediately above. It +obsolete interface to @code{inet_aton}, described immediately above. It is obsolete because @code{INADDR_NONE} is a valid address (255.255.255.255), and @code{inet_aton} provides a cleaner way to indicate error return. @@ -1126,8 +1126,8 @@ indicate error return. @c tolower dup @mtslocale @c isspace dup @mtslocale This function extracts the network number from the address @var{name}, -given in the standard numbers-and-dots notation. The returned address is -in host order. If the input is not valid, @code{inet_network} returns +given in the standard numbers-and-dots notation. The returned address is +in host order. If the input is not valid, @code{inet_network} returns @code{-1}. The function works only with traditional IPv4 class A, B and C network @@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@ allows the caller to specify the desired address family (e.g.@: The @code{gethostbyaddr} function returns information about the host with Internet address @var{addr}. The parameter @var{addr} is not really a pointer to char - it can be a pointer to an IPv4 or an IPv6 -address. The @var{length} argument is the size (in bytes) of the address +address. The @var{length} argument is the size (in bytes) of the address at @var{addr}. @var{format} specifies the address format; for an IPv4 Internet address, specify a value of @code{AF_INET}; for an IPv6 Internet address, use @code{AF_INET6}. @@ -1550,15 +1550,15 @@ pointer and the size of the buffer in the @var{buf} and @var{buflen} parameters. A pointer to the buffer, in which the result is stored, is available in -@code{*@var{result}} after the function call successfully returned. The +@code{*@var{result}} after the function call successfully returned. The buffer passed as the @var{buf} parameter can be freed only once the caller has finished with the result hostent struct, or has copied it including all -the other memory that it points to. If an error occurs or if no entry is -found, the pointer @code{*@var{result}} is a null pointer. Success is +the other memory that it points to. If an error occurs or if no entry is +found, the pointer @code{*@var{result}} is a null pointer. Success is signalled by a zero return value. If the function failed the return value is an error number. In addition to the errors defined for -@code{gethostbyname} it can also be @code{ERANGE}. In this case the call -should be repeated with a larger buffer. Additional error information is +@code{gethostbyname} it can also be @code{ERANGE}. In this case the call +should be repeated with a larger buffer. Additional error information is not stored in the global variable @code{h_errno} but instead in the object pointed to by @var{h_errnop}. @@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@ allows the caller to specify the desired address family (e.g.@: The @code{gethostbyaddr_r} function returns information about the host with Internet address @var{addr}. The parameter @var{addr} is not really a pointer to char - it can be a pointer to an IPv4 or an IPv6 -address. The @var{length} argument is the size (in bytes) of the address +address. The @var{length} argument is the size (in bytes) of the address at @var{addr}. @var{format} specifies the address format; for an IPv4 Internet address, specify a value of @code{AF_INET}; for an IPv6 Internet address, use @code{AF_INET6}. |