MODBUS_GET_SOCKET(3)

💖 MODBUS_GET_SOCKET 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the libmodbus manual — this one's a lil baby page but it's lowkey iconic, so let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

modbus_get_socket — get the current socket of the context

like... it gets the socket. of the context. that's the whole job and it does it flawlessly 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int modbus_get_socket(modbus_t *ctx);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the modbus_get_socket() function shall return the current socket or file descriptor of the libmodbus context.

that's it. that's the function. it's giving "just peek at what fd my context is holding rn" and honestly? we respect the simplicity 🫶

💜 RETURN VALUE 💜

if everything goes right, it returns the current socket or file descriptor of the context. slay ✨

but if it doesn't work out? it shall return -1 and set errno — so go check your errno, bestie, she's trying to tell you something 😭

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• modbus_set_socket(3)

(they're a matching set, the get and the set, the duo, the ship 🥹)

👑 AUTHORS 👑

the libmodbus documentation was written by Stéphane Raimbault <stephane.raimbault@gmail.com> — thank you for your service, king 🫡💖

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ngl this page is short but she's perfect. no notes. periodt. 💅

and that's the vibe check, bestie — this page is from libmodbus v3.1.6, dated 11/17/2025, and it's literally the MODBUS_GET_SOCKET(3) page in all her glory 🌈✨ byeee 🎀🦋💜