Recvfrom

recvfrom (IXCALL 0x3E1B) - receive a message from a socket

Synopsis

Assembly language

   ld a, (v_sockfd)
   ld hl, BUF_CONNINFO
   ld de, BUF_DATA
   ld bc, BUF_DATA_LEN
   ld ix, RECVFROM
   call IXCALL

C

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

   int recvfrom(int sockfd, void *buf, size_t len, int flags, struct sockaddr_in *from, socklen_t *fromlen);

Description

The recvfrom() call is used to receive messages from a socket, and may be used to receive data on a socket whether or not it is connection-oriented. The recvfrom() call is typically used with UDP (SOCK_DGRAM) sockets to receive a datagram from the remote host.

The socket is specified by the sockfd parameter. The buf parameter is a pointer to a buffer which should be filled with the data from the remote host, and the len parameter specifies the maximum number of bytes that may be copied into this buffer. In the current implementation, the flags parameter is not used. The from parameter is a pointer to a struct sockaddr_in, and this structure will be filled with information about the remote host that sent the datagram that is being received. The fromlen parameter specifies the size of the structure; it is currently unused since the only structure type that is valid for this call is a struct sockaddr_in, and is provided to give compatibility with the BSD socket library specification.

For the assembly language interface, the socket is specified in the A register, the register pair DE contains the address in memory where the received data should be written, and the BC register pair contains the maximum number of bytes that may be copied into this area of memory. The HL register pair points to a location in memory where the information about the remote host may be copied. The connection information is 8 bytes long, so the memory location contained in HL must be a location with at least 8 bytes free. The assembly language interface fills the memory pointed to by HL in the following format:

bytes 0,1,2,3 - the remote host's IP address
bytes 4,5     - the remote host's port number
bytes 6,7     - the local host's port number

Return values

On return, the C interface returns the number of bytes actually received, or -1 if an error occurred.

The assembly language interface returns the number of bytes received in BC on success. On error, the carry flag is set and the A register contains the error code.