socket_bind - bind a name to a socket

int socket_bind( int s, int port );

This efun is only available if PACKAGE_SOCKETS is compiled in.

socket_bind() assigns a name to an unnamed socket. When a socket is created with socket_create() it exists in a name space (address family) but has no name assigned. socket_bind() requests that the port be assigned to the socket s.

socket_bind() returns:

EESUCCESS on success.

a negative value indicated below on error.

ERRORS - These errors are in "socket_err.h"

EEFDRANGE Descriptor out of range.

EEBADF Descriptor is invalid.

EESECURITY Security violation attempted.

EEISBOUND Socket is already bound.

EEADDRINUSE Address already in use.

EEBIND Problem with bind.

EEGETSOCKNAME Problem with getsockname.

See also: socket_connect . socket_create , socket_listen