2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat2/bind.0

BIND(2)             UNIX Programmer's Manual		  BIND(2)


NAME
     bind - bind a name to a socket

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sys/socket.h>

     bind(s, name, namelen)
     int s;
     struct sockaddr *name;
     int namelen;

DESCRIPTION
     Bind assigns a name to an unnamed socket.	When a socket is
     created with socket(2) it exists in a name space (address
     family) but has no name assigned.	Bind requests that name
     be assigned to the socket.

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
     If the bind is successful, a 0 value is returned.	A return
     value of -1 indicates an error, which is further specified
     in the global errno.

ERRORS
     The bind call will fail if:

     [EBADF]		 S is not a valid descriptor.

     [ENOTSOCK]          S is not a socket.

     [EADDRNOTAVAIL]	 The specified address is not available
			 from the local machine.

     [EADDRINUSE]	 The specified address is already in use.

     [EINVAL]		 The socket is already bound to an
			 address.

     [EACCES]		 The requested address is protected, and
			 the current user has inadequate permis-
			 sion to access it.

     [EFAULT]		 The name parameter is not in a valid


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BIND(2)             UNIX Programmer's Manual		  BIND(2)


			 part of the user address space.

     The following errors are specific to binding names in the
     UNIX domain.

     [ENOTDIR]	    A component of the path prefix is not a
		    directory.

     [EINVAL]	    The pathname contains a character with the
		    high-order bit set.

     [ENAMETOOLONG] A component of a pathname exceeded 255 char-
		    acters, or an entire path name exceeded 1023
		    characters.

     [ENOENT]	    A prefix component of the path name does not
		    exist.

     [ELOOP]	    Too many symbolic links were encountered in
		    translating the pathname.

     [EIO]	    An I/O error occurred while making the direc-
		    tory entry or allocating the inode.

     [EROFS]	    The name would reside on a read-only file
		    system.

     [EISDIR]	    A null pathname was specified.

SEE ALSO
     connect(2), listen(2), socket(2), getsockname(2)


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