Methods available for a Sockets object.

Read bytes from socket into string without removing the bytes from the socket stream.

Close an open socket.

The .ISOPEN() method returns .T. (TRUE) if the connection is open; .F. (FALSE) otherwise.

Reads a line from the socket, if one is available (else returns blank).

Write blob to socket.

Write string to socket.

Accept an open sockets input. Returns a new accepted socket. flags - 'B' = blocking .

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Read bytes from socket into string.