socket_tcp4(3)

💖 socket_tcp4 — bestie's guide to non-blocking TCP/IP stream sockets 💖

okay so real talk, this is page socket_tcp4(3) from the Library Functions Manual and it's literally the cutest little socket-maker in libowfat. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

socket_tcp4 — create a non-blocking TCP/IP stream socket 🦋

🌸 SYNTAX 🌸

#include <libowfat/socket.h>

int socket_tcp4();

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so here's the vibe: socket_tcp4 creates a non-blocking TCP/IP stream socket and hands you back a file descriptor pointing right at it. that's it. that's the whole job. she's simple, she's iconic, she does one thing and she does it well 👑

and if something goes wrong? if the universe simply said "not today"? then socket_tcp4 returns -1 and sets errno appropriately. and the best part — the girlboss move — she does this without allocating any resources. no mess, no cleanup, no lingering messiness. we love a clean exit fr fr 💖

🎀 EXAMPLE 🎀

okay bestie here's how you actually use her:

#include <libowfat/socket.h>

int s;
char ip[4];
uint16 p;

s = socket_tcp4();
socket_bind4(s,ip,p);
socket_connect4(s,ip,p);

like... make the socket, bind it, connect it. the holy trinity. it's giving ✨main character energy✨

ngl the example is literally just the shape of it — ip and p are yours to fill in, this page is not out here telling you what values to use 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• socket_tcp4b(3) — her sibling, go say hi
• socket_bind4(3) — the binder, step two of the trinity
• socket_bind6(3) — the IPv6 version, bc we contain multitudes 🌈

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🫶 this was socket_tcp4(3) from the Library Functions Manual — go forth and socket responsibly. mwah 💋✨