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BIND(2)								       BIND(2)

NAME
       bind - binds an address to a socket

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/socket.h>

       int bind(int sd, const struct sockaddr * addr, socklen_t addr_len);

DESCRIPTION
       bind()  specifies the addr (IP address and port for PF_INET or path for
       PF_UNIX) to assign to socket sd.

RETURN VALUES
       On success, this function returns 0. On error, -1 is returned and errno
       is set.

ERRORS
       [ENOSYS]	      The socket type is not supported by bind().

       [EAFNOSUPPORT] The address family is not supported by bind().

       [EADDRNOTAVAIL]
		      The address is not available.

       [ENAMETOOLONG] The sun_path in struct sockaddr_un is too long.

       [EINVAL]	      The address is already bound to the socket.

       [EBADF]	      The argument sd is not a descriptor.

       [ENOTSOCK]     The  argument  sd	 is  a	descriptor,  but  not a socket
		      descriptor.

       [EFAULT]	      The address pointed to by addr is not in a valid part of
		      the process address space.

SEE ALSO
       accept(2), socket(2)

								       BIND(2)
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