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Use the bind
function to assign an address to a socket. The
prototype for bind
is in the header file sys/socket.h
.
For examples of use, see Local Socket Example, or see Inet Example.
int bind (int socket, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t length) | Function |
The bind function assigns an address to the socket
socket. The addr and length arguments specify the
address; the detailed format of the address depends on the namespace.
The first part of the address is always the format designator, which
specifies a namespace, and says that the address is in the format of
that namespace.
The return value is
Additional conditions may be possible depending on the particular namespace of the socket. |