Re: description of struct sockaddr

[linux-os]

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Karel Kulhavy wrote:

> Hello
>
> man netdevice talks about struct sockaddr, but neither describes it,
> nor provides a link to descriptio, nor the "SEE ALSO" items
> (ip(7), proc(7), rnetlink(7)) provide the necessary information.
>
> "The hardware address is specified in a struct sockaddr".
>
> Where is struct sockaddr specified?

How about /usr/include/sys/socket.h (for starters). If you can
actually find all the member names by following all the
included-includes, you probably get some kind of prize.
Note that the __SOCKADDR_ALLTYPES macro is absolutely
amazing. It's possible to have the pre-processor hide
everything, making trouble-shooting pure art!

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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