HB_INETSERVER()
Create a socket bound to a port
Syntax
HB_INETSERVER( <port> [, <cBindAddr> [, <nListenLimit> ]] ) -> SOCKET
Arguments
<port>
<cBindAddr>
<nListenLimit> is an internal parameter and rarely needs to be passed, defaults to 10
Returns
An INET socket
Description
Creates a server that can accept connections from client on a certain port.
If the computer on which hb_InetServer is called has more than one logical interface (e.g. one network card, one loopback and one PPP address), cBindAddr can be specified to select only one of these interfaces to accept connections for this process. This is useful when a server is present on two networks, and the service is to be available only in one of them. Also, the same port on other addresses is left free to be used, so you can have different server programs running for different networks but managing the same service. For example, an FTP server available to the internal network could be radically different from an FTP server available for the internet.
nListenLimit is the number of incoming connections accepted by kernel before the kernel has the chance to report them to the application program. If the sockets receive nListenLimit connections before accepting them all, the nListenLimit + 1 connection will be notified to be “busy” by the kernel. The default value of 10 is enough for even a heavy duty server.
On error, sets error description in the newly returned socket.
Compliance
Harbour
