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| .TH UNIX 8
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| .SH NAME
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| unix \- Unix Domain Sockets (PF_UNIX) / Local Sockets (PF_LOCAL)
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| .SH SYNOPSIS
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| .ft B
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| #include <sys/socket.h>
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| .br
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| #include <sys/un.h>
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| 
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| .in +5
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| .ti -5
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| int socket(int \fIdomain\fP, int \fItype\fP, int \fIprotocol\fP);
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| .ti -5
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| int socketpair(int \fIdomain\fP, int \fItype\fP, int \fIprotocol\fP, int \fIsv[2]\fP);
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| .br
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| .ft P
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| .SH DESCRIPTION
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| Local sockets, more commonly known as Unix Domain Sockets, provide a 
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| means of interprocess communication using the socket API.
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| .SH SEE ALSO
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| .BR socket(2),
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| .BR socketpair(2),
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| .BR getpeereid(2),
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| .BR uds(4)
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| .SH HISTORY
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| This Unix Domain Sockets first appeared in Minix 3.1.8.
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