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On 2002.12.06 20:55 Mike Hunter wrote:

> You have to use a variable because accept may write to it (?).
> 
> From the man page:
> 
> The addrlen is a value-result parameter; it should initially contain
> the
> amount of space pointed to by addr; on return it will contain the
> actual
> length (in bytes) of the address returned.
> 
> It doesn't make sense to cast the results of sizeof to a pointer.

Ah ok, thanks.

br
socketd


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