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NAME
     bind - bind a name to a socket

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

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

DESCRIPTION
     Bind assigns a name to an unnamed socket.  When a socket is
     created with socket(2) it exists in a name space (address
     family) but has no name assigned.  Bind requests the name,
     be assigned to the socket.

     Binding a name creates a socket in the file system which
     must be deleted by the caller when it is no longer needed
     (using unlink(2)).  The file created is a side-effect of the
     current implementation, and will not be created in future
     versions of the UTek ipc domain.

     The rules used in name binding vary between communication
     domains.  Consult the manual entries in section 4 for
     detailed information.

     Name for an internet domain socket has three components, an
     address family type, a port number, and an internet address.
     See /usr/include/netinet/in.h for the appropriate data
     structures.  A domain socket has two components, an address
     family and a pathname to a "file" that serves as a
     communications rendezvous point.  See /usr/include/sys/un.h
     for the appropirate data structures.

     Suppose you wish to set up a communications channel between
     two independent processes that models a client-server
     relationship.  The server would do a socket(2) call (using
     type SOCK_STREAM) followed by a bind, a listen(2), and an
     accept(2). The client would do a socket(2) call, followed by
     a connect(2)

DIAGNOSTICS
     The bind call will fail if:

     [EBADF]      S is not a valid descriptor.

     [ENOTSOCK]   S is not a socket.

     [EADDRNOTAVAIL]
                  The specified address (in the internet domain)



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                  or name (in the UTek domain) is not available
                  from the local machine.

     [EADDRINUSE] The specified address (in the internet domain)
                  or name (in the UTek domain) is already in use.

     [EMSGSIZE]   The specified address size (in the internet
                  domain) or name (in the UTek domain) is too big
                  for the protocol.  The pathname of a UTek
                  domain socket is limited to 108 bytes.

     [EINVAL]     The socket is already bound to an address (in
                  the internet domain) or name (in the UTek
                  domain).

     [EACCESS]    The requested address (in the internet domain)
                  or address (in the UTek domain) is protected,
                  and the current user has inadequate permission
                  to access it.  Internet address port numbers
                  less than 1024 are privileged, meaning that you
                  can't bind to them unless you are root (or, as
                  in the case with rcp(1n), owned by root with
                  the setuid bit on).

     [EFAULT]     The name parameter is not in a valid part of
                  the user address space.

RETURN VALUE
     [0]  Bind was successful.

     [-1] Bind was unsuccessful.  The error is further specified
          in the global errno.

SEE ALSO
     connect(2), listen(2), socket(2), and getsockname(2).




















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