Template:mIRC menu The /socklisten command allows mIRC to listen for specific connections on a specified host port.

Synopsis

/socklisten [-dp] [bindip] <name> [port]

Switches

Switch	Description
d	Indicates that an IP address has been specified as the bind address.
p	Enables UPnP support for the listening socket, if that is available.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
<name>	The name to give the new listening socket.
[port]	The port number to listen on for this socket. If not specified, mIRC attempts to use a random port specified in the DCC port range options.

Example

Open a listening socket named mySocket and listen on port 31781:

/socklisten mySocket 31781

Compatibility

Added: mIRC v5.3
Added on: 13 Dec 1997
Note: Unless otherwise stated, this was the date of original functionality.
Further enhancements may have been made in later versions.

See Also

• List of commands
• List of identifiers
• $sock
• $sockname
• $sockerr
• $sockbr
• /sockaccept
• /sockclose
• /socklist
• /sockmark
• /sockopen
• /sockpause
• /sockread
• /sockrename
• /sockudp
• /sockwrite

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