what 0 indicates in following line?
what are other flags i can use?
server = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)
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what 0 indicates in following line?
what are other flags i can use?
server = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)
As others have likely said, the third argument to
socketis generally anintindicating the protocol.0indicates that the caller does not want to specify the protocol and will leave it up to the service provider.Other than zero, another common one is
IPPROTO_TCP.Full details can be found on the man page using
man 2 socketon your machine or visiting here.