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assigns
a name to an unnamed socket. When a socket is created with it exists in
a name space (address family) but has no name assigned. requests that
be assigned to the socket.
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 (using The rules used in name binding vary between
communication domains. Consult the manual entries in section 4 for detailed
information.
If the bind is successful, a 0 value is returned.
A return value of -1 indicates an error, which is further specified in the
global
The call will fail if: is not a valid descriptor. is
not a socket. The specified address is not available from the local machine.
The specified address is already in use. The socket is already bound to
an address. The requested address is protected, and the current user has
inadequate permission to access it. The parameter is not in a valid part
of the user address space. The following errors are specific to binding
names in the UNIX domain. A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
A component of a pathname exceeded characters, or an entire path name
exceeded characters. A prefix component of the path name does not exist.
Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
An I/O error occurred while making the directory entry or allocating the
inode. The name would reside on a read-only file system. An empty pathname
was specified.
The function call appeared in
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