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icmp(4p)																  icmp(4p)

Name
       icmp - Internet Control Message Protocol

Syntax
       #include <sys/socket.h>
       #include <netinet/in.h>

       s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, proto);

Description
       The ICMP is the error and control message protocol used by the Internet Protocol (IP) transport layer and the Internet protocol family.	It
       can be accessed through a ``raw socket'' for network monitoring and diagnostic functions.  The proto argument to the socket call to  create
       an  ICMP  socket is obtained from the routine.  ICMP sockets are connectionless, and are normally used with the and system calls.  The call
       can also be used to fix the destination for future packets (in which case the or and or system calls can then be used).

       Outgoing packets automatically have an IP header prepended to them (based on the destination address).  Incoming packets are received  with
       the IP header and options intact.

Diagnostics
       On failure, a socket operation returns any of the following errors:

       [EISCONN]      Tried  to  establish a connection on a socket that already has one, or tried to send a datagram with the destination address
		      specified and the socket was already connected.

       [ENOTCONN]     Tried to send a datagram, but no destination address was specified, and the socket has not connected.

       [ENOBUFS]      The system ran out of memory for an internal data structure.

       [EADDRNOTAVAIL]
		      An attempt was made to create a socket with a network address for which no network interface exists.

See Also
       inet(4f), intro(4n), ip(4p)

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ICMP(4P)																  ICMP(4P)

NAME
icmp - Internet Control Message Protocol SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/socket.h> #include <netinet/in.h> s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, proto); DESCRIPTION
ICMP is the error and control message protocol used by IP and the Internet protocol family. It may be accessed through a "raw socket" for network monitoring and diagnostic functions. The proto parameter to the socket call to create an ICMP socket is obtained from getprotoby- name(3N). ICMP sockets are connectionless, and are normally used with the sendto and recvfrom calls, though the connect(2) call may also be used to fix the destination for future packets (in which case the read(2) or recv(2) and write(2) or send(2) system calls may be used). Outgoing packets automatically have an IP header prepended to them (based on the destination address). Incoming packets are received with the IP header and options intact. DIAGNOSTICS
A socket operation may fail with one of the following errors returned: [EISCONN] when trying to establish a connection on a socket which already has one, or when trying to send a datagram with the destina- tion address specified and the socket is already connected; [ENOTCONN] when trying to send a datagram, but no destination address is specified, and the socket hasn't been connected; [ENOBUFS] when the system runs out of memory for an internal data structure; [EADDRNOTAVAIL] when an attempt is made to create a socket with a network address for which no network interface exists. SEE ALSO
send(2), recv(2), intro(4N), inet(4F), ip(4P) 4.3 Berkeley Distribution May 16, 1986 ICMP(4P)
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