.TH CONNECT 2
.SH NAME
connect \- connects a socket
.SH SYNOPSIS
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#include <sys/socket.h>

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int connect(int \fIsd\fP, const struct sockaddr * \fIaddr\fP, socklen_t \fIaddr_len\fP);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
connect() connects the socket \fIsd\fP to a socket listening at
address \fIaddr\fP.
.SH RETURN VALUES
On success, this function returns 0. On error, -1 is returned and
\fIerrno\fP is set.
.SH ERRORS
.TP 15
[EFAULT]
The address pointed to by \fIaddr\fP is not in a
valid part of the process address space.
.TP 15
[EAFNOSUPPORT]
The address family of the address pointed to by
\fIaddr\fP is not supported by this function.
.TP 15
[EINVAL]
The address pointed to by \fIaddr\fP is not valid.
.TP 15
[ENAMETOOLONG]
The sun_path in struct sockaddr_un is too long.
.TP 15
[EACCES]
The calling process doesn't have permission to perform
the connect() operation.
.TP 15
[EISCONN]
The socket is already connected.
.TP 15
[EALREADY]
The socket is already in the process of connecting.
.TP 15
[ECONNREFUSED]
The connection was refused.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR socket(2),
.BR accept(2)