6.4 TCP socket predicates
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        • library(socket): Network socket (TCP and UDP) library
          • TCP socket predicates
            • tcp_socket/1
            • tcp_close_socket/1
            • tcp_open_socket/2
            • tcp_open_socket/3
            • tcp_bind/2
            • tcp_listen/2
            • tcp_accept/3
            • tcp_connect/2
            • tcp_connect/4
            • tcp_connect/3
            • tcp_select/3
            • try_proxy/4
            • proxy_for_url/3
            • tcp_setopt/2
            • tcp_fcntl/3
            • tcp_getopt/2
            • tcp_host_to_address/2
            • gethostname/1
            • negotiate_socks_connection/2
Availability::- use_module(library(socket)).(can be autoloaded)
Source[det]tcp_open_socket(+SocketId, -StreamPair)
Create streams to communicate to SocketId. If SocketId is a master socket (see tcp_bind/2), StreamPair should be used for tcp_accept/3. If SocketId is a connected (see tcp_connect/2) or accepted socket (see tcp_accept/3), StreamPair is unified to a stream pair (see stream_pair/3) that can be used for reading and writing. The stream or pair must be closed with close/1, which also closes SocketId.