recv.2: Rework opening paragraph to mention recv()

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2014-02-11 10:19:43 +01:00
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.\" Modified 1998,1999 by Andi Kleen
.\" 2001-06-19 corrected SO_EE_OFFENDER, bug report by James Hawtin
.\"
.TH RECV 2 2013-11-04 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH RECV 2 2014-02-11 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
recv, recvfrom, recvmsg \- receive a message from a socket
.SH SYNOPSIS
@ -58,11 +58,13 @@ recv, recvfrom, recvmsg \- receive a message from a socket
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR recvfrom ()
.BR recv (),
.BR recvfrom (),
and
.BR recvmsg ()
calls are used to receive messages from a socket, and may be used
to receive data on a socket whether or not it is connection-oriented.
system calls are used to receive messages from a socket.
They may be used
to receive data on both connectionless and connection-oriented sockets.
.PP
If
.I src_addr