1.2.1.2.11 bind Function

int bind(
    SOCKET s, 
    const struct sockaddr* name, 
    int namelen
);

The bind function assigns a name to an unnamed socket. The name represents the local address of the communication endpoint. For sockets of type SOCK_STREAM, the name of the remot endpoint is assigned when a connect or accept function is executed.

The socket function should be called.

|Parameters |Description | |s |Socket descriptor returned from a previous call to socket. | |name |Pointer to the sockaddr structure containing the local address of the socket. | |namelen |Length of the sockaddr structure. |

• 0 - The function was successful.

• SOCKET_ERROR - Function failed. errno is set accordingly.

None.