Module net 

Available on Unix only.

Unix-specific networking functionality.

Structs

Incoming

An iterator over incoming connections to a UnixListener.

SocketAddr

An address associated with a Unix socket.

UnixDatagram

A Unix datagram socket.

UnixListener

A structure representing a Unix domain socket server.

UnixStream

A Unix stream socket.

MessagesExperimentalAndroid or Linux or Cygwin

This struct is used to iterate through the control messages.

ScmCredentialsExperimental(Android or Linux or Cygwin) and non-Android and non-Linux and non-NetBSD and non-FreeBSD and non-Cygwin

ScmRightsExperimentalAndroid or Linux or Cygwin

This control message contains file descriptors.

SocketAncillaryExperimentalAndroid or Linux or Cygwin

A Unix socket Ancillary data struct.

SocketCredExperimental(Android or Linux or Cygwin) and non-Android and non-Linux and non-NetBSD and non-FreeBSD and non-Cygwin

Enums

AncillaryDataExperimentalAndroid or Linux or Cygwin

This enum represent one control message of variable type.

AncillaryErrorExperimentalAndroid or Linux or Cygwin

The error type which is returned from parsing the type a control message.