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socket_valid_family(3ncs)												 socket_valid_family(3ncs)

Name
       socket_valid_family - check whether an address family is valid

Syntax
       #include <idl/c/socket.h>

       boolean socket_$valid_family(family, status)
       unsigned long family;
       fBstatus_$t *status;

Arguments
       family		   The integer representation of an address family.

       status		   The	completion status. If the completion status returned in is equal to status_$ok , then the routine that supplied it
			   was successful.

Description
       The routine returns `true' if the specified address family is valid for the calling host, `false' if not valid.

Examples
       The following routine checks whether socket_$internet is a valid address family:
       internetvalid = socket_$valid_family(socket_$internet, &status);

Files
See Also
       intro(3ncs), socket_valid_families(3ncs)

															 socket_valid_family(3ncs)