From e39a21b58b816383eba4a719eb393ccb0085e9c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:19:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] recv.2: Rework opening paragraph to mention recv() Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/recv.2 | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/recv.2 b/man2/recv.2 index 267d4ade1..61804550c 100644 --- a/man2/recv.2 +++ b/man2/recv.2 @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ .\" 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