ProSoft Technology MVI69-ADMNET - Manual (Page 105)

MVI-ADMNET ♦ 'C' Programmable WATTCP API Functions
'C' Programmable Application Development Module with Ethernet Developer's Guide
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February 20, 2013
6.6 ADMNET API Receive Socket Functions
This section describes the ADMNET API Receive Socket functions.
sock_read
Syntax
int sock_read( sock_type *skType, byte *data, int len);
Parameters
skType Socket that will be used to receive data.
data Pointer to a buffer that contains data that is received.
len Length of the data specified to receive.
Description
This function reads data from the socket being passed to the function. The
function will wait until the all the data is read.
Return Value
Number of Bytes that are read to the socket or -1 if an error occurs.
Example
sock_type *socket;
char theBuffer [512];
int len, bytes_receive;
. . .
bytes_receive = sock_read(socket, (byte*)theBuffer, len);
See Also
sock_fastread (page 106)