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			48 lines
		
	
	
		
			1.0 KiB
		
	
	
	
		
			Groff
		
	
	
	
	
	
.TH BIND 2
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.SH NAME
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bind \- binds an address to a socket
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.ft B
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#include <sys/socket.h>
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.in +5
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.ti -5
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int bind(int \fIsd\fP, const struct sockaddr * \fIaddr\fP, socklen_t \fIaddr_len\fP);
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.br
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.ft P
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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bind() specifies the \fIaddr\fP (IP address and port for PF_INET or path for PF_UNIX)
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to assign to socket \fIsd\fP.
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.SH RETURN VALUES
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On success, this function returns 0. On error, -1 is returned and
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\fIerrno\fP is set.
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.SH ERRORS
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.TP 15
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[ENOSYS]
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The socket type is not supported by bind().
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.TP 15
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[EAFNOSUPPORT]
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The address family is not supported by bind().
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.TP 15
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[EADDRNOTAVAIL]
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The address is not available.
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.TP 15
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[ENAMETOOLONG]
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The sun_path in struct sockaddr_un is too long.
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.TP 15
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[EINVAL]
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The address is already bound to the socket.
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.TP 15
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[EBADF]
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The argument \fIsd\fP is not a descriptor.
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.TP 15
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[ENOTSOCK]
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The argument \fIsd\fP is a descriptor, but not a socket descriptor.
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.TP 15
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[EFAULT]
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The address pointed to by \fIaddr\fP is not in a
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valid part of the process address space.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR accept(2),
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.BR socket(2)
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