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instance method

Socket::AncillaryData#data

ancillarydata.data => string

static VALUE
ancillary_data(VALUE self)
{
    VALUE v = rb_attr_get(self, rb_intern("data"));
    StringValue(v);
    return v;
}

returns the cmsg data as a string.

Example

p Socket::AncillaryData.new(:INET6, :IPV6, :PKTINFO, "").data
#=> ""

See also #cmsg_is? #family .unix_rights #inspect also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1