SCTP_GENERIC_RECVMSG(2) 				      BSD System Calls Manual					   SCTP_GENERIC_RECVMSG(2)

NAME

     sctp_generic_recvmsg -- receive data from a peer

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sys/socket.h>
     #include <netinet/sctp.h>

     int
     sctp_generic_recvmsg(int s, struct iovec *iov, int iovlen, struct sockaddr *from, socklen_t *fromlen, struct sctp_sndrcvinfo *sinfo,
	 int *msgflags);

DESCRIPTION

     sctp_generic_recvmsg() is the true system call used by the sctp_recvmsg(3) function call.	This call is more efficient since it is a true
     system call but it is specific to FreeBSD and can be expected not to be present on any other operating system.  For detailed usage please see
     the sctp_recvmsg(3) function call.

RETURN VALUES

     The call returns the number of bytes read on success and -1 upon failure.

ERRORS

     [EBADF]		The argument s is not a valid descriptor.

     [ENOTSOCK] 	The argument s is not a socket.

SEE ALSO

     sctp_recvmsg(3), sctp(4)

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								 October 30, 2007							       BSD