This function manipulates options associated with a socket. Options can exist at multiple protocol levels. They are always present at the uppermost socket level. When manipulating socket options, specify the level at which the option resides and the name of the option. To manipulate options at the socket level, specify the value of level as SOL_SOCKET. To manipulate options at any other level, supply the protocol number of the appropriate protocol controlling the option. For example, to indicate that an option is to be interpreted by TCP, set the value for the level argument to the protocol number (IPPROTO_TCP) of TCP. For IPv4, see the IN.H header file for the various IPPROTO values. For IPv6, see the IN6.H header file for the various IPPROTO_IPV6 values.