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LISTEN(2)                     System Calls Manual                    LISTEN(2)

NAME
       listen - listens for incoming connections on a socket

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/socket.h>

       int listen(int sd, int backlog);

DESCRIPTION
       listen()  puts  socket  sd into the listening state.  backlog number of
       incoming connections may be queued before new incoming connections  are
       refused.   This  function  is  usually  called after bind(2) and before
       accept(2).

RETURN VALUES
       On success, this function returns 0. On error, -1 is returned and errno
       is set.

ERRORS
       [EINVAL]       The socket is invalid or bind(2) has not been called yet
                      for the socket.

       [EOPNOTSUPP]   The socket type (example SOCK_DGRAM)  does  not  support
                      listening.

       [ENOSYS]       The socket does not support listening.

SEE ALSO
       accept(2), bind(2), socket(2)

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