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.TH IP_TTL 2const 2025-11-25 "Linux man-pages 6.17"
.SH NAME
IP_TTL
\-
time to live
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR "#include <netinet/in.h>" "  /* Definition of " IP* " constants */"
.B #include <sys/socket.h>
.P
.BI int\~setsockopt(int\~ sockfd ,\~IPPROTO_IP,\~IP_TTL,
.BI "               const\~int\~*" ttl ,\~sizeof(int));
.BI int\~getsockopt(int\~ sockfd ,\~IPPROTO_IP,\~IP_TTL,
.BI "               int\~*" ttl ,\~sizeof(int));
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Set or retrieve the current time-to-live field that is used in every packet
sent from this socket.
.SH ERRORS
See
.BR IPPROTO_IP (2const).
See
.BR setsockopt (2).
See
.BR ip (7).
.SH HISTORY
Linux 1.0.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR IPPROTO_IP (2const),
.BR setsockopt (2),
.BR ip (7)