redhat man page for socketcall

IPC(2)							     Linux Programmer's Manual							    IPC(2)

NAME
       socketcall - socket system calls

SYNOPSIS
       int socketcall(int call, unsigned long *args);

DESCRIPTION
       socketcall  is a common kernel entry point for the socket system calls.	call determines which socket function to invoke.  args points to a
       block containing the actual arguments, which are passed through to the appropriate call.

       User programs should call the appropriate functions by their usual names.  Only standard library implementors and kernel  hackers  need	to
       know about socketcall.

CONFORMING TO
       This call is specific to Linux, and should not be used in programs intended to be portable.

SEE ALSO
       accept(2),  bind(2),  connect(2),  getpeername(2), getsockname(2), getsockopt(2), listen(2), recv(2), recvfrom(2), send(2), sendto(2), set-
       sockopt(2), shutdown(2), socket(2), socketpair(2)

Linux 1.2.4							    1995-04-15								    IPC(2)