The port number on which the server will listen.
Binds a socket to a specified port that is designated to listen for client connections.
The port number on which the server will listen.
On success, returns a socket handle; on failure, returns one of the following values:
The port number is usually a standard, or previously agreed upon, port that clients use to contact a server. For example, by convention, most Web servers listen for connections on port 80. Most hosts have ports numbered between 1 and 65,535. Typically, ports 0 to 1024 are reserved and only available to someone with administrator or super user privileges.
The returned socket handle is used by other SOCKET_* routines to identify a particular socket connection.
It is good practice to close the socket handle when you are finished with it.
PRO SERVER
port = 1500
socket = SOCKET_INIT(port)
connection = SOCKET_ACCEPT(socket)
data = BYTARR(15)
nbytes = SOCKET_READ(connection,data)
PRINT, 'SERVER received: ', STRING(data)
SOCKET_CLOSE, connection
SOCKET_CLOSE, socket
END
See Also
For more detailed information on using the socket routines, see Interapplication Communication Using the Socket OPI.
