VMS Help TCPIP Services, Programming Interfaces, Sockets API, connect(), Description  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    If s is a socket descriptor of type SOCK_DGRAM, then this call
    permanently specifies the peer where the data is sent. If s is of
    type SOCK_STREAM, then this call attempts to make a connection to
    the specified socket.
    Each communications space interprets the name argument. This
    argument specifies the socket that is connected to the socket
    specified in s.
    If the connect() function fails for a connection-mode socket,
    applications should use the close() function to deallocate
    the socket and descriptor. If attempting to reinitiate the
    connection, applications should create a new socket.
    Related Functions
    See also accept(), select(),  socket(), getsockname(), and
    shutdown().