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
15 [ENOSYS] The socket type is not supported by bind().
15 [EAFNOSUPPORT] The address family is not supported by bind().
15 [EADDRNOTAVAIL] The address is not available.
15 [ENAMETOOLONG] The sun_path in struct sockaddr_un is too long.
15 [EINVAL] The address is already bound to the socket.
15 [EBADF] The argument sd is not a descriptor.
15 [ENOTSOCK] The argument sd is a descriptor, but not a socket descriptor.
15 [EFAULT] The address pointed to by addr is not in a valid part of the process address space.
SEE ALSO
accept(2), socket(2)