bind
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NAME
bind - bind a name to a socket
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
int bind(int sockfd, struct sockaddr *my_addr, int
addrlen);
DESCRIPTION
bind gives the socket, sockfd, the local address my_addr.
my_addr is addrlen bytes long. Traditionally, this is
called "assigning a name to a socket" (when a socket is
created with socket(2), it exists in a name space (address
family) but has no name assigned.)
NOTES
Binding a name in the UNIX domain creates a socket in the
file system that must be deleted by the caller when it is
no longer needed (using unlink(2)).
The rules used in name binding vary between communication
domains. Consult the manual entries in section 4 for
detailed information.
RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned,
and errno is set appropriately.
ERRORS
EBADF sockfd is not a valid descriptor.
EINVAL The socket is already bound to an address. This
may change in the future: see linux/unix/sock.c
for details.
EACCES The address is protected, and the user is not the
super-user.
The following errors are specific to UNIX domain (AF_UNIX)
sockets:
EINVAL The addr_len was wrong, or the socket was not in
the AF_UNIX family.
EROFS The socket inode would reside on a read-only file
system.
EFAULT my_addr points outside your accessible address
space.
ENAMETOOLONG
my_addr is too long.
ENOENT The file does not exist.
ENOMEM Insufficient kernel memory was available.
ENOTDIR A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
EACCES Search permission is denied on a component of the
path prefix.
ELOOP my_addr contains a circular reference (i.e., via a
symbolic link)
HISTORY
The bind function call appeared in BSD 4.2.
SEE ALSO
accept(2), connect(2), listen(2), socket(2), getsock-
name(2)
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