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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
.\" The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Common Development and Distribution License (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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-.TH RECV 3XNET "Jun 10, 2002"
+.TH RECV 3XNET "Dec 03, 2014"
.SH NAME
recv \- receive a message from a connected socket
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ recv \- receive a message from a connected socket
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.sp
.LP
The \fBrecv()\fR function receives a message from a connection-mode or
connectionless-mode socket. It is normally used with connected sockets because
@@ -118,7 +117,6 @@ no messages are available at the socket and \fBO_NONBLOCK\fR is set on the
socket's file descriptor, \fBrecv()\fR fails and sets \fBerrno\fR to
\fBEAGAIN\fR or \fBEWOULDBLOCK\fR.
.SH USAGE
-.sp
.LP
The \fBrecv()\fR function is identical to \fBrecvfrom\fR(3XNET) with a zero
\fIaddress_len\fR argument, and to \fBread()\fR if no flags are used.
@@ -127,14 +125,12 @@ The \fBrecv()\fR function is identical to \fBrecvfrom\fR(3XNET) with a zero
The \fBselect\fR(3C) and \fBpoll\fR(2) functions can be used to determine when
data is available to be received.
.SH RETURN VALUES
-.sp
.LP
Upon successful completion, \fBrecv()\fR returns the length of the message in
bytes. If no messages are available to be received and the peer has performed
an orderly shutdown, \fBrecv()\fR returns 0. Otherwise, -1 is returned and
\fBerrno\fR is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
-.sp
.LP
The \fBrecv()\fR function will fail if:
.sp
@@ -168,7 +164,9 @@ The \fIsocket\fR argument is not a valid file descriptor.
\fB\fBECONNRESET\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 15n
-A connection was forcibly closed by a peer.
+The \fIsocket\fR argument refers to a connection oriented socket and the
+connection was forcibly closed by the peer and is no longer valid. I/O can no
+longer be performed to \fIfiledes\fR.
.RE
.sp
@@ -277,7 +275,6 @@ complete.
.RE
.SH ATTRIBUTES
-.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp
@@ -295,7 +292,6 @@ MT-Level MT-Safe
.TE
.SH SEE ALSO
-.sp
.LP
\fBpoll\fR(2), \fBrecvmsg\fR(3XNET), \fBrecvfrom\fR(3XNET), \fBselect\fR(3C),
\fBsend\fR(3XNET), \fBsendmsg\fR(3XNET), \fBsendto\fR(3XNET),