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socket_bind

NAME​

socket_bind() - bind a name to a socket

SYNOPSIS​

#include <socket_err.h>

int socket_bind( int s, int port );

DESCRIPTION​

socket_bind()  assigns  a  name  to an unnamed socket. When a socket is
created with socket_create(3) it exists in a name space  (address  fam‐
ily)  but has no name assigned. socket_bind() requests that the port be
assigned to the socket s.

RETURN VALUES​

socket_bind() returns:

    EESUCCESS on success.

    a negative value indicated below on error.

ERRORS​

EEFDRANGE      Descriptor out of range.

EEBADF         Descriptor is invalid.

EESECURITY     Security violation attempted.

EEISBOUND      Socket is already bound.

EEADDRINUSE    Address already in use.

EEBIND         Problem with bind.

EEGETSOCKNAME  Problem with getsockname.

SEE ALSO​

socket_connect(3), socket_create(3), socket_listen(3)