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.\" @(#)bind.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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-.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dd March 18, 2015
.Dt BIND 2
.Os BSD 4.2
.Sh NAME
.Fa "socklen_t address_len"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Fn Bind
+.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
+.Fn bind
requests that
.Fa address
be assigned to the socket.
is necessary.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr connect 2 ,
+.Xr connectx 2 ,
.Xr getsockname 2 ,
.Xr listen 2 ,
.Xr socket 2 ,