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CONNECT(2)		    BSD System Calls Manual		    CONNECT(2)

NAME
     connect — initiate a connection on a socket

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

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

DESCRIPTION
     The parameter s is a socket.  If it is of type SOCK_DGRAM, this call
     specifies the peer with which the socket is to be associated; this
     address is that to which datagrams are to be sent, and the only address
     from which datagrams are to be received.  If the socket is of type
     SOCK_STREAM, this call attempts to make a connection to another socket.
     The other socket is specified by name, which is an address in the commu‐
     nications space of the socket.  Each communications space interprets the
     name parameter in its own way.  Generally, stream sockets may success‐
     fully connect() only once; datagram sockets may use connect() multiple
     times to change their association.	 Datagram sockets may dissolve the
     association by connecting to an invalid address, such as a null address.

RETURN VALUES
     If the connection or binding succeeds, 0 is returned.  Otherwise a -1 is
     returned, and a more specific error code is stored in errno.

ERRORS
     The connect() call fails if:

     [EBADF]	       S is not a valid descriptor.

     [ENOTSOCK]	       S is a descriptor for a file, not a socket.

     [EADDRNOTAVAIL]   The specified address is not available on this machine.

     [EAFNOSUPPORT]    Addresses in the specified address family cannot be
		       used with this socket.

     [EISCONN]	       The socket is already connected.

     [ETIMEDOUT]       Connection establishment timed out without establishing
		       a connection.

     [ECONNREFUSED]    The attempt to connect was forcefully rejected.

     [ENETUNREACH]     The network isn't reachable from this host.

     [EADDRINUSE]      The address is already in use.

     [EFAULT]	       The name parameter specifies an area outside the
		       process address space.

     [EINPROGRESS]     The socket is non-blocking and the connection cannot be
		       completed immediately.  It is possible to select(2) for
		       completion by selecting the socket for writing.

     [EALREADY]	       The socket is non-blocking and a previous connection
		       attempt has not yet been completed.

     The following errors are specific to connecting names in the UNIX domain.
     These errors may not apply in future versions of the UNIX IPC 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 characters, or
		       an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.

     [ENOENT]	       The named socket does not exist.

     [EACCES]	       Search permission is denied for a component of the path
		       prefix.

     [EACCES]	       Write access to the named socket is denied.

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

SEE ALSO
     accept(2), select(2), socket(2), getsockname(2)

HISTORY
     The connect function call appeared in 4.2BSD.

4.2 Berkeley Distribution	 June 4, 1993	     4.2 Berkeley Distribution
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