connect

NAME

connect - initiate a connection on a socket

SYNOPSIS

R #include <sys/types.h>           /* See NOTES */

#include <sys/socket.h> I int connect(int sockfd , const struct sockaddr * serv_addr , I socklen_t addrlen );

DESCRIPTION

The R connect () system call connects the socket referred to by the file descriptor sockfd to the address specified by R serv_addr . The R addrlen argument specifies the size of R serv_addr . The format of the address in serv_addr is determined by the address space of the socket R sockfd ; see socket(2) for further details. If the socket sockfd is of type SOCK_DGRAM then serv_addr is the address to which datagrams are sent by default, and the only address from which datagrams are received. If the socket is of type SOCK_STREAM or R SOCK_SEQPACKET , this call attempts to make a connection to the socket that is bound to the address specified by R serv_addr .
Generally, connection-based protocol sockets may successfully R connect () only once; connectionless protocol sockets may use R connect () multiple times to change their association. Connectionless sockets may dissolve the association by connecting to an address with the sa_family member of sockaddr set to R AF_UNSPEC .

RETURN VALUE

If the connection or binding succeeds, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS

The following are general socket errors only. There may be other domain-specific error codes.
EACCES
For Unix domain sockets, which are identified by pathname: Write permission is denied on the socket file, or search permission is denied for one of the directories in the path prefix. (See also path_resolution(7).)
EACCES, EPERM
The user tried to connect to a broadcast address without having the socket broadcast flag enabled or the connection request failed because of a local firewall rule.
EADDRINUSE
Local address is already in use.
EAFNOSUPPORT
The passed address didn't have the correct address family in its sa_family field.
EAGAIN
No more free local ports or insufficient entries in the routing cache. For PF_INET see the net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range sysctl in ip(7) on how to increase the number of local ports.
EALREADY
The socket is non-blocking and a previous connection attempt has not yet been completed.
EBADF
The file descriptor is not a valid index in the descriptor table.
ECONNREFUSED
No one listening on the remote address.
EFAULT
The socket structure address is outside the user's address space.
EINPROGRESS
The socket is non-blocking and the connection cannot be completed immediately. It is possible to select(2) or poll(2) for completion by selecting the socket for writing. After select(2) indicates writability, use getsockopt(2) to read the SO_ERROR option at level SOL_SOCKET to determine whether R connect () completed successfully (SO_ERROR is zero) or unsuccessfully (SO_ERROR is one of the usual error codes listed here, explaining the reason for the failure).
EINTR
The system call was interrupted by a signal that was caught.
EISCONN
The socket is already connected.
ENETUNREACH
Network is unreachable.
ENOTSOCK
The file descriptor is not associated with a socket.
ETIMEDOUT
Timeout while attempting connection. The server may be too busy to accept new connections. Note that for IP sockets the timeout may be very long when syncookies are enabled on the server.

CONFORMING TO

SVr4, 4.4BSD, (the R connect () function first appeared in 4.2BSD), POSIX.1-2001.

NOTES

POSIX.1-2001 does not require the inclusion of R <sys/types.h> , and this header file is not required on Linux. However, some historical (BSD) implementations required this header file, and portable applications are probably wise to include it. The third argument of R connect () is in reality an int (and this is what 4.x BSD and libc4 and libc5 have). Some POSIX confusion resulted in the present R socklen_t , also used by glibc. See also accept(2).

BUGS

Unconnecting a socket by calling R connect () with a AF_UNSPEC address is not yet implemented.

EXAMPLE

An example of the use of R connect () is shown in getaddrinfo(3).

SEE ALSO