twisted.python.sendmsg.recvmsg(socket, maxSize=8192, cmsgSize=4096, flags=0)
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Receive a message on a socket.
Parameters | socket | The socket to receive the message on. (type: socket.socket ) |
maxSize | The maximum number of bytes to receive from the socket using the datagram or stream mechanism. The default maximum is 8192. (type: int ) | |
cmsgSize | The maximum number of bytes to receive from the socket outside of the normal datagram or stream mechanism. The default maximum is 4096. (type: int ) | |
flags | Flags to affect how the message is sent. See the MSG_ constants in the sendmsg(2) manual page. By default no flags are set. (type: int ) | |
Returns | A named 3-tuple of the bytes received using the datagram/stream mechanism, a list of tuple s giving ancillary received data, and flags as an int describing the data received. |