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.\"     @(#)bind.2	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\"
.Dd June 4, 1993
.Dt BIND 2
.Os BSD 4.2
.Sh NAME
.Nm bind
.Nd bind a name to a socket
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/socket.h>
.Ft int
.Fo bind
.Fa "int socket"
.Fa "const struct sockaddr *address"
.Fa "socklen_t address_len"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn Bind
assigns a name to an unnamed socket.
When a socket is created 
with
.Xr socket 2
it exists in a name space (address family)
but has no name assigned.
.Fn Bind
requests that
.Fa address
be assigned to the socket.
.Sh 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 (using
.Xr unlink 2 ) .
.Pp
The rules used in name binding vary between communication domains.
Consult the manual entries in section 4 for detailed information.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and the global integer variable
.Va errno
is set to indicate the error.
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Fn bind
system call will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EACCES
The requested address is protected, and the current user
has inadequate permission to access it.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EADDRINUSE
The specified address is already in use.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EADDRNOTAVAIL
The specified address is not available from the local machine.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EAFNOSUPPORT
.Fa address
is not valid for the address family of
.Fa socket .
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EBADF
.Fa socket
is not a valid file descriptor.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EDESTADDRREQ
.Fa socket
is a null pointer.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EFAULT
The
.Fa address
parameter is not in a valid part of the user
address space.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EINVAL
.Fa socket
is already bound to an address
and the protocol does not support binding to a new address.
Alternatively,
.Fa socket
may have been shut down.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er ENOTSOCK
.Fa socket
does not refer to a socket.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP
.Fa socket
is not of a type that can be bound to an address.
.El
.Pp
The following errors are specific to binding names in the UNIX domain.
.Bl -tag -width Er
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EACCES
A component of the path prefix does not allow searching
or the node's parent directory denies write permission.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EEXIST
A file already exists at the pathname.
.Xr unlink 2
it first.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EIO
An I/O error occurred while making the directory entry
or allocating the inode.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EISDIR
An empty pathname was specified.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er ELOOP
Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
This is taken to be indicative of a looping symbolic link.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
A component of a pathname exceeded 
.Dv {NAME_MAX}
characters, or an entire path name exceeded 
.Dv {PATH_MAX}
characters.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er ENOENT
A component of the path name does not refer to an existing file.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
.\" ==========
.It Bq Er EROFS
The name would reside on a read-only file system.
.El
.Sh LEGACY SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
.Fd #include <sys/socket.h>
.Pp
The include file
.In sys/types.h
is necessary.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr connect 2 ,
.Xr getsockname 2 ,
.Xr listen 2 ,
.Xr socket 2 ,
.Xr compat 5
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn bind
function call appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .
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9bccf70c A	1	.\" $NetBSD: bind.2,v 1.8 1995/10/12 15:40:46 jtc Exp $
	2	.\"
	3	.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1993
	4	.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
	5	.\"
	6	.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
	7	.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
	8	.\" are met:
	9	.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
	10	.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
	11	.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
	12	.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
	13	.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
	14	.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
	15	.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
	16	.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
	17	.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
	18	.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
	19	.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
	20	.\" without specific prior written permission.
	21	.\"
	22	.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
	23	.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
	24	.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
	25	.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
	26	.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
	27	.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
	28	.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
	29	.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
	30	.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
	31	.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
	32	.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
	33	.\"
	34	.\" @(#)bind.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
	35	.\"
	36	.Dd June 4, 1993
	37	.Dt BIND 2
	38	.Os BSD 4.2
	39	.Sh NAME
	40	.Nm bind
	41	.Nd bind a name to a socket
	42	.Sh SYNOPSIS
9bccf70c A	43	.Fd #include <sys/socket.h>
9bccf70c A	44	.Ft int
2d21ac55 A	45	.Fo bind
	46	.Fa "int socket"
	47	.Fa "const struct sockaddr *address"
	48	.Fa "socklen_t address_len"
	49	.Fc
9bccf70c A	50	.Sh DESCRIPTION
	51	.Fn Bind
	52	assigns a name to an unnamed socket.
	53	When a socket is created
	54	with
	55	.Xr socket 2
	56	it exists in a name space (address family)
	57	but has no name assigned.
	58	.Fn Bind
	59	requests that
2d21ac55	60	.Fa address
9bccf70c A	61	be assigned to the socket.
	62	.Sh NOTES
	63	Binding a name in the UNIX domain creates a socket in the file
	64	system that must be deleted by the caller when it is no longer
	65	needed (using
	66	.Xr unlink 2 ) .
	67	.Pp
	68	The rules used in name binding vary between communication domains.
	69	Consult the manual entries in section 4 for detailed information.
	70	.Sh RETURN VALUES
2d21ac55 A	71	Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
	72	Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and the global integer variable
	73	.Va errno
	74	is set to indicate the error.
9bccf70c A	75	.Sh ERRORS
	76	The
	77	.Fn bind
2d21ac55	78	system call will fail if:
9bccf70c	79	.Bl -tag -width Er
2d21ac55	80	.\" ==========
9bccf70c A	81	.It Bq Er EACCES
	82	The requested address is protected, and the current user
	83	has inadequate permission to access it.
2d21ac55 A	84	.\" ==========
	85	.It Bq Er EADDRINUSE
	86	The specified address is already in use.
	87	.\" ==========
	88	.It Bq Er EADDRNOTAVAIL
	89	The specified address is not available from the local machine.
	90	.\" ==========
	91	.It Bq Er EAFNOSUPPORT
	92	.Fa address
	93	is not valid for the address family of
	94	.Fa socket .
	95	.\" ==========
	96	.It Bq Er EBADF
	97	.Fa socket
	98	is not a valid file descriptor.
	99	.\" ==========
	100	.It Bq Er EDESTADDRREQ
	101	.Fa socket
	102	is a null pointer.
	103	.\" ==========
9bccf70c A	104	.It Bq Er EFAULT
9bccf70c A	105	The
2d21ac55	106	.Fa address
9bccf70c A	107	parameter is not in a valid part of the user
9bccf70c A	108	address space.
2d21ac55 A	109	.\" ==========
	110	.It Bq Er EINVAL
	111	.Fa socket
	112	is already bound to an address
	113	and the protocol does not support binding to a new address.
	114	Alternatively,
	115	.Fa socket
	116	may have been shut down.
	117	.\" ==========
	118	.It Bq Er ENOTSOCK
	119	.Fa socket
	120	does not refer to a socket.
	121	.\" ==========
	122	.It Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP
	123	.Fa socket
	124	is not of a type that can be bound to an address.
9bccf70c A	125	.El
	126	.Pp
	127	The following errors are specific to binding names in the UNIX domain.
	128	.Bl -tag -width Er
2d21ac55 A	129	.\" ==========
	130	.It Bq Er EACCES
	131	A component of the path prefix does not allow searching
	132	or the node's parent directory denies write permission.
	133	.\" ==========
fe8ab488 A	134	.It Bq Er EEXIST
	135	A file already exists at the pathname.
	136	.Xr unlink 2
	137	it first.
	138	.\" ==========
2d21ac55 A	139	.It Bq Er EIO
	140	An I/O error occurred while making the directory entry
	141	or allocating the inode.
	142	.\" ==========
	143	.It Bq Er EISDIR
	144	An empty pathname was specified.
	145	.\" ==========
	146	.It Bq Er ELOOP
	147	Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
	148	This is taken to be indicative of a looping symbolic link.
	149	.\" ==========
9bccf70c A	150	.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
	151	A component of a pathname exceeded
	152	.Dv {NAME_MAX}
	153	characters, or an entire path name exceeded
	154	.Dv {PATH_MAX}
	155	characters.
2d21ac55	156	.\" ==========
9bccf70c	157	.It Bq Er ENOENT
2d21ac55 A	158	A component of the path name does not refer to an existing file.
	159	.\" ==========
	160	.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
	161	A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
	162	.\" ==========
9bccf70c A	163	.It Bq Er EROFS
9bccf70c A	164	The name would reside on a read-only file system.
9bccf70c	165	.El
2d21ac55 A	166	.Sh LEGACY SYNOPSIS
	167	.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
	168	.Fd #include <sys/socket.h>
	169	.Pp
	170	The include file
	171	.In sys/types.h
	172	is necessary.
9bccf70c A	173	.Sh SEE ALSO
9bccf70c A	174	.Xr connect 2 ,
2d21ac55	175	.Xr getsockname 2 ,
9bccf70c A	176	.Xr listen 2 ,
9bccf70c A	177	.Xr socket 2 ,
2d21ac55	178	.Xr compat 5
9bccf70c A	179	.Sh HISTORY
	180	The
	181	.Fn bind
	182	function call appeared in
	183	.Bx 4.2 .