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/socklisten Command - mIRC
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The /socklisten command allows mIRC to listen for specific connections on a specified host port.

Synopsis[edit]

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

Switches[edit]

  • 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.
  • u - Enables dual stack socket to support both ipv4 and ipv6 for the listening socket, if that is available, you must bind to an ipv6 ip address
  • n - Disable nagle algorithm for the socket, the accepted socket will have nagle disabled. You can disable nagle per accepted socket by using /sockaccept's -n switch

Parameters[edit]

  • <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[edit]

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

/socklisten mySocket 31781

Compatibility[edit]

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[edit]

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