accept() in System Libraries STDLIB

IMPORT_C int accept(int, struct sockaddr *, size_t *);

Description

accepts a connection on a socket. An incoming connection is acknowledged and associated with an immediately created socket. The original socket is returned to the listening state.

Parameters

`int`	Is the integer descriptor of the desired socket.
`struct sockaddr *`	Points to a sockaddr structure containing the socket address.
`size_t *`	Points to an integer that states the address length in bytes.

Return value

int

On Success, returns a non-negative integer, which is a descriptor of the accepted socket. Upon return, addrlen contains the actual length in bytes of the address returned. On Failure, returns -1, errno may be set.