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"

<DL>
* 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.
</DL>

See also:
 socket_connect.
 socket_create,
 socket_listen

 Tim Hollebeek  Beek@ZorkMUD, Lima Bean, IdeaExchange, and elsewhere