method

listen

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listen(backlog=5)

public

creates a listening socket bound to self.

# File ext/socket/lib/socket.rb, line 131
  def listen(backlog=5)
    sock = Socket.new(self.pfamily, self.socktype, self.protocol)
    begin
      sock.ipv6only! if self.ipv6?
      sock.setsockopt(:SOCKET, :REUSEADDR, 1)
      sock.bind(self)
      sock.listen(backlog)
      if block_given?
        yield sock
      else
        sock
      end
    ensure
      sock.close if !sock.closed? && (block_given? || $!)
    end
  end

listen

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