socket()

int socket(int family, int type, int protocol)

• family is UNIX Socket Families
• type is a UNIX Socket Connection Type
• protocol is set to protocol if SOCK_RAW is set Will return a File Descriptor for the socket

Example

int tcpfd = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
int udpfd = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);