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Creates a communication endpoint (a socket), and returns a descriptor to the socket.
The domain parameter sets the domain. Currently, AF_INET and AF_UNIX are understood.
The type parameter selects the socket type. This is one of SOCK_STREAM, SOCK_DGRAM, SOCK_SEQPACKET, SOCK_RAW, SOCK_RDM, or SOCK_PACKET.
protocol sets the protocol.
Returns a valid socket descriptor on success, or a negative error code on failure. This code may be passed to socket_strerror() to get a textual explanation of the error.
For more information on the usage of socket_create(), as well as on the meanings of the various parameters, see the Unix man page socket (2).
See also socket_accept(), socket_bind(), socket_connect(), socket_listen(), socket_strerror(), and socket_get_status().