socket - create a socket

- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
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# NAME

socket - create a socket

# SYNOPSIS

socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL

# DESCRIPTION

Opens a socket of the specified kind and attaches it to filehandle SOCKET. DOMAIN, TYPE, and PROTOCOL are specified the same as for the system call of the same name. You should `use Socket` first to get the proper definitions imported. See the examples in Sockets: Client/Server Communication in the perlipc manpage.

On systems that support a close-on-exec flag on files, the flag will be set for the newly opened file descriptor, as determined by the value of $^F. See $^F in the perlvar manpage.

socket - create a socket