accept() - sys/socket.h

The accept() function extracts the first connection on the queue of pending connections, creates a new socket with the same socket type protocol and address family as the specified socket, and allocates a new file descriptor for that socket.

Syntax

int accept (int socket, struct sockaddr *address,socklen_t *address_len);

Example

Output / Return Value

Limitations

Only available for Unix/Linux.

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