http://clisp.cons.org/impnotes.html#socket (SOCKET:SOCKET-SERVER &OPTIONAL [port-or-socket]) (SOCKET:SOCKET-SERVER-HOST socket-server) (SOCKET:SOCKET-SERVER-PORT socket-server) (SOCKET:SOCKET-WAIT socket-server &OPTIONAL [seconds [microseconds]]) (SOCKET:SOCKET-ACCEPT socket-server &KEY :ELEMENT-TYPE :EXTERNAL-FORMAT :BUFFERED :TIMEOUT) (SOCKET:SOCKET-CONNECT port &OPTIONAL [host] &KEY :ELEMENT-TYPE :EXTERNAL-FORMAT :BUFFERED :TIMEOUT) (SOCKET:SOCKET-STATUS socket-stream-or-list &OPTIONAL [seconds [microseconds]]) (SOCKET:SOCKET-STREAM-HOST socket-stream) (SOCKET:SOCKET-STREAM-PORT socket-stream) (SOCKET:SOCKET-SERVICE-PORT &OPTIONAL service-name (protocol "tcp")) (SOCKET:SOCKET-STREAM-PEER socket-stream [do-not-resolve-p]) (SOCKET:SOCKET-STREAM-LOCAL socket-stream [do-not-resolve-p]) (SOCKET:SOCKET-STREAM-SHUTDOWN socket-stream direction) (SOCKET:SOCKET-OPTIONS socket-server &REST {option}*) (posix:resolve-host-ipaddr &optional host) with the host-ent structure: name - host name aliases - LIST of aliases addr-list - LIST of IPs as dotted quads (IPv4) or coloned octets (IPv6) addrtype - INTEGER address type IPv4 or IPv6 Errors are of type SYSTEM::SIMPLE-OS-ERROR with a 1 element (integer) SYSTEM::$FORMAT-ARGUMENTS list This integer stores the OS error reported; meaning WSA* codes on Win32 and E* codes on *nix, only: unix.lisp in CMUCL shows BSD, Linux and SRV4 have different number assignments for the same E* constant names :-(