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@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-.TH Tcl_OpenTcpClient 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.TH Tcl_OpenTcpClient 3 8.7 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
.so man.macros
.BS
'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
-Tcl_OpenTcpClient, Tcl_MakeTcpClientChannel, Tcl_OpenTcpServer \- procedures to open channels using TCP sockets
+Tcl_OpenTcpClient, Tcl_MakeTcpClientChannel, Tcl_OpenTcpServer, Tcl_OpenTcpServerEx \- procedures to open channels using TCP sockets
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include <tcl.h> \fR
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Tcl_Channel
Tcl_Channel
\fBTcl_OpenTcpServer\fR(\fIinterp, port, myaddr, proc, clientData\fR)
.sp
+Tcl_Channel
+\fBTcl_OpenTcpServerEx\fR(\fIinterp, service, myaddr, flags, proc, clientData\fR)
+.sp
.SH ARGUMENTS
.AS Tcl_TcpAcceptProc clientData
.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
@@ -30,6 +33,9 @@ Tcl interpreter to use for error reporting. If non-NULL and an
error occurs, an error message is left in the interpreter's result.
.AP int port in
A port number to connect to as a client or to listen on as a server.
+.AP "const char" *service in
+A string specifying the port number to connect to as a client or to listen on as
+ a server.
.AP "const char" *host in
A string specifying a host name or address for the remote end of the connection.
.AP int myport in
@@ -41,6 +47,9 @@ for the local end of the connection. If NULL, a default interface is
chosen.
.AP int async in
If nonzero, the client socket is connected asynchronously to the server.
+.AP "unsigned int" flags in
+ORed combination of \fBTCL_TCPSERVER\fR flags that specify additional
+informations about the socket being created.
.AP ClientData sock in
Platform-specific handle for client TCP socket.
.AP Tcl_TcpAcceptProc *proc in
@@ -130,7 +139,7 @@ for the new channel, \fIhostName\fR points to a string containing
the name of the client host making the connection, and \fIport\fR
will contain the client's port number.
The new channel
-is opened for both input and output.
+is opened for both input and output.
If \fIproc\fR raises an error, the connection is closed automatically.
\fIProc\fR has no return value, but if it wishes to reject the
connection it can close \fIchannel\fR.
@@ -158,6 +167,11 @@ register it, use \fBTcl_RegisterChannel\fR.
If one of the standard channels, \fBstdin\fR, \fBstdout\fR or \fBstderr\fR was
previously closed, the act of creating the new channel also assigns it as a
replacement for the standard channel.
+.SS TCL_OPENTCPSERVEREX
+.PP
+\fBTcl_OpenTcpServerEx\fR behaviour is identical to \fBTcl_OpenTcpServer\fR but
+gives more flexibility to the user by providing a mean to further customize some
+aspects of the socket via the \fIflags\fR parameter.
.SH "PLATFORM ISSUES"
.PP
On Unix platforms, the socket handle is a Unix file descriptor as