bind(2) BSD System Calls Manual bind(2)

NAME

 bind -- bind a name to a socket

SYNOPSIS

 #include <sys/socket.h>
 int
 bind(int socket, const struct sockaddr *address, socklen_t address_len);

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 that address be assigned to the socket.

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
 unlink(2) ).
 The rules used in name binding vary between communication domains. Con-
 sult the manual entries in section 4 for detailed information.

RETURN VALUES

 Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise, a value
 of -1 is returned and the global integer variable errno is set to indi-
 cate the error.

ERRORS

 The bind() system call will fail if:
 [EACCES] The requested address is protected, and the current
 user has inadequate permission to access it.
 [EADDRINUSE] The specified address is already in use.
 [EADDRNOTAVAIL] The specified address is not available from the local
 machine.
 [EAFNOSUPPORT] address is not valid for the address family of socket.
 [EBADF] socket is not a valid file descriptor.
 [EDESTADDRREQ] socket is a null pointer.
 [EFAULT] The address parameter is not in a valid part of the
 user address space.
 [EINVAL] socket is already bound to an address and the protocol
 does not support binding to a new address. Alterna-
 tively, socket may have been shut down.
 [ENOTSOCK] socket does not refer to a socket.
 [EOPNOTSUPP] socket is not of a type that can be bound to an
 address.
 The following errors are specific to binding names in the UNIX domain.
 [EACCES] A component of the path prefix does not allow search-
 ing or the node's parent directory denies write per-
 mission.
 [EIO] An I/O error occurred while making the directory entry
 or allocating the inode.
 [EISDIR] An empty pathname was specified.
 [ELOOP] Too many symbolic links were encountered in translat-
 ing the pathname. This is taken to be indicative of a
 looping symbolic link.
 [ENAMETOOLONG] A component of a pathname exceeded {NAME_MAX} charac-
 ters, or an entire path name exceeded {PATH_MAX} char-
 acters.
 [ENOENT] A component of the path name does not refer to an
 existing file.
 [ENOTDIR] A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
 [EROFS] The name would reside on a read-only file system.

LEGACY SYNOPSIS

 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 The include file <sys/types.h> is necessary.

SEE ALSO

 connect(2) , getsockname(2) , listen(2) , socket(2) , compat(5) 

HISTORY

 The bind() function call appeared in 4.2BSD.
4.2 Berkeley Distribution June 4, 1993 4.2 Berkeley Distribution