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BIND(3SOCKET)							 BIND(3SOCKET)

NAME
       bind - bind a name to a socket

SYNOPSIS
       cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lsocket  -lnsl	 [ library ... ]
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <sys/socket.h>

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

DESCRIPTION
       The  bind() function assigns a name to an unnamed socket. When a socket
       is created with socket(3SOCKET), it exists in  a	 name  space  (address
       family) but has no name assigned. The bind() function requests that the
       name pointed to by name be assigned to the socket.

RETURN VALUES
       Upon successful completion 0 is returned. Otherwise, −1 is returned and
       errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       The bind() function will fail if:

       EACCES
			The requested address is protected, and {PRIV_NET_PRI‐
			VADDR} is not asserted in the  effective  set  of  the
			current process.

       EADDRINUSE
			The specified address is already in use.

       EADDRNOTAVAIL
			The  specified	address	 is not available on the local
			machine.

       EBADF
			s is not a valid descriptor.

       EINVAL
			namelen is not the size of a  valid  address  for  the
			specified address family.

			The socket is already bound to an address.

			Socket options are inconsistent with port attributes.

       ENOSR
			There  were  insufficient  STREAMS  resources  for the
			operation to complete.

       ENOTSOCK
			s is a descriptor for a file, not a socket.

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

       EACCES
		  Search permission is denied for a component of the path pre‐
		  fix of the pathname in name.

       EIO
		  An  I/O  error  occurred while making the directory entry or
		  allocating the inode.

       EISDIR
		  A null pathname was specified.

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

       ENOENT
		  A  component of the path prefix of the pathname in name does
		  not exist.

       ENOTDIR
		  A component of the path prefix of the pathname  in  name  is
		  not a directory.

       EROFS
		  The inode would reside on a read-only file system.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌───────────────┬─────────────────┐
       │ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
       ├───────────────┼─────────────────┤
       │MT-Level       │ Safe		 │
       └───────────────┴─────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       unlink(2),      socket(3SOCKET),	     attributes(5),	privileges(5),
       socket.h(3HEAD)

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 by using
       unlink(2).

       The rules used in name binding vary between communication domains.

				 May 11, 2009			 BIND(3SOCKET)
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