[#BIO_accept]
= BIO_accept
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Accept a connection on a listening socket and return peer host:port text (deprecated).

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/bio.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
[[deprecated]]
int
BIO_accept(
    int sock,
    char** ip_port);
----

[WARNING]
====
https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/attributes/deprecated[Deprecated^]. Use of this entity is allowed but discouraged.
====
== Return Value

Accepted socket fd on success, or ‐1 on error.

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *sock*
| Listening socket fd from BIO_get_accept_socket().
| *ip_port*
| Receives an allocated "host:port" string for the peer; free with OPENSSL_free().
|===


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