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: 13/12/97

See Also

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