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.TH ACCEPT 2
.SH NAME
accept \- accepts incoming connections on a socket
.SH SYNOPSIS
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#include <sys/socket.h>

int accept(int \fIsd\fP, struct sockaddr * \fIaddr\fP, socklen_t * \fIaddr_len\fP);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
accept() accepts a new incoming connection on a listening
socket \fIsd\fP. The structure pointed to by \fIaddr\fP is
filled in with the address of the peer, and \fIaddr_len\fP
is set to the length of the address of the peer.
.SH RETURN VALUES
On success, this function returns a numeric socket descriptor.
On error, -1 is returned and \fIerrno\fP is set.
.SH ERRORS
.TP 15
[EOPNOTSUPP]
The socket does not support accept(2) (example: a UDP socket).
.TP 15
[ENOTSOCK]
The \fIsd\fP argument is not a socket.
.TP 15
[EINVAL]
The socket is not listening or in an invalid state.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR socket (2),
.BR connect (2)

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