CONNECT(2)

NAME
connect - initiate a connection on a socket

SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>

int connect (int s, struct sockaddr *name, int namelen);

DESCRIPTION
The parameter s is a socket. If it is of type SOCK_DGRAM, this call specifies the peer with which the socket is to be associated; this address is that to which datagrams are to be sent, and the only address from which datagrams are to be received. If the socket is of type SOCK_STREAM, this call attempts to make a connection to another socket. The other socket is specified by name, which is an address in the communications space of the socket. Each communications space interprets the name parameter in its own way. Generally, stream sockets may successfully connect only once; datagram sockets may use connect multiple times to change their association. Datagram sockets may dissolve the association by connecting to an invalid address, such as a null address.

RETURN VALUES
If the connection or binding succeeds, 0 is returned. Otherwise a -1 is returned, and a more specific error code is stored in errno.

ERRORS
The connect call fails if:

    EBADF
        S is not a valid descriptor.

    ENOTSOCK
        S is a descriptor for a file, not a socket.

    EADDRNOTAVAIL
        The specified address is not available on this machine.

    EAFNOSUPPORT
        Addresses in the specified address family cannot be used with this socket.

    EISCONN
        The socket is already connected.

    ETIMEDOUT
        Connection establishment timed out without establishing a connection.

    ECONNREFUSED
        The attempt to connect was forcefully rejected.

    ENETUNREACH
        The network isn't reachable from this host.

    EADDRINUSE
        The address is already in use.

    EFAULT
        The name parameter specifies an area outside the process address space.

    EINPROGRESS
        The socket is non-blocking and the connection cannot be completed immediately. It is possible to select(2) for completion by selecting the socket for writing.

    EALREADY
        The socket is non-blocking and a previous connection attempt has not yet been completed.

The following errors are specific to connecting names in the UNIX domain. These errors may not apply in future versions of the UNIX IPC domain.

    ENOTDIR
        A component of the path prefix is not a directory.

    EINVAL
        The pathname contains a character with the high-order bit set.

    ENAMETOOLONG
        A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters, or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.

    ENOENT
        The named socket does not exist.

    EACCES
        Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix.

    EACCES
        Write access to the named socket is denied.

    ELOOP
        Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.

SEE ALSO
accept(2), select(2), socket(2), getsockname(2)

HISTORY
The connect function call appeared in 4.2BSD.