CONNECT(P) POSIX Programmer's Manual CONNECT(P)NAMEconnect - connect a socket
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/socket.h>
int connect(int socket, const struct sockaddr *address,
socklen_t address_len);
DESCRIPTION
The connect() function shall attempt to make a connection on a socket.
The function takes the following arguments:
socket Specifies the file descriptor associated with the socket.
address
Points to a sockaddr structure containing the peer address. The
length and format of the address depend on the address family of
the socket.
address_len
Specifies the length of the sockaddr structure pointed to by the
address argument.
If the socket has not already been bound to a local address, connect()
shall bind it to an address which, unless the socket's address family
is AF_UNIX, is an unused local address.
If the initiating socket is not connection-mode, then connect() shall
set the socket's peer address, and no connection is made. For
SOCK_DGRAM sockets, the peer address identifies where all datagrams are
sent on subsequent send() functions, and limits the remote sender for
subsequent recv() functions. If address is a null address for the pro‐
tocol, the socket's peer address shall be reset.
If the initiating socket is connection-mode, then connect() shall
attempt to establish a connection to the address specified by the
address argument. If the connection cannot be established immediately
and O_NONBLOCK is not set for the file descriptor for the socket, con‐
nect() shall block for up to an unspecified timeout interval until the
connection is established. If the timeout interval expires before the
connection is established, connect() shall fail and the connection
attempt shall be aborted. If connect() is interrupted by a signal that
is caught while blocked waiting to establish a connection, connect()
shall fail and set errno to [EINTR], but the connection request shall
not be aborted, and the connection shall be established asynchronously.
If the connection cannot be established immediately and O_NONBLOCK is
set for the file descriptor for the socket, connect() shall fail and
set errno to [EINPROGRESS], but the connection request shall not be
aborted, and the connection shall be established asynchronously. Subse‐
quent calls to connect() for the same socket, before the connection is
established, shall fail and set errno to [EALREADY].
When the connection has been established asynchronously, select() and
poll() shall indicate that the file descriptor for the socket is ready
for writing.
The socket in use may require the process to have appropriate privi‐
leges to use the connect() function.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, connect() shall return 0; otherwise, -1
shall be returned and errno set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The connect() function shall fail if:
EADDRNOTAVAIL
The specified address is not available from the local machine.
EAFNOSUPPORT
The specified address is not a valid address for the address
family of the specified socket.
EALREADY
A connection request is already in progress for the specified
socket.
EBADF The socket argument is not a valid file descriptor.
ECONNREFUSED
The target address was not listening for connections or refused
the connection request.
EINPROGRESS
O_NONBLOCK is set for the file descriptor for the socket and the
connection cannot be immediately established; the connection
shall be established asynchronously.
EINTR The attempt to establish a connection was interrupted by deliv‐
ery of a signal that was caught; the connection shall be estab‐
lished asynchronously.
EISCONN
The specified socket is connection-mode and is already con‐
nected.
ENETUNREACH
No route to the network is present.
ENOTSOCK
The socket argument does not refer to a socket.
EPROTOTYPE
The specified address has a different type than the socket bound
to the specified peer address.
ETIMEDOUT
The attempt to connect timed out before a connection was made.
If the address family of the socket is AF_UNIX, then connect() shall
fail if:
EIO An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file
system.
ELOOP A loop exists in symbolic links encountered during resolution of
the pathname in address.
ENAMETOOLONG
A component of a pathname exceeded {NAME_MAX} characters, or an
entire pathname exceeded {PATH_MAX} characters.
ENOENT A component of the pathname does not name an existing file or
the pathname is an empty string.
ENOTDIR
A component of the path prefix of the pathname in address is not
a directory.
The connect() function may fail if:
EACCES Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix;
or write access to the named socket is denied.
EADDRINUSE
Attempt to establish a connection that uses addresses that are
already in use.
ECONNRESET
Remote host reset the connection request.
EHOSTUNREACH
The destination host cannot be reached (probably because the
host is down or a remote router cannot reach it).
EINVAL The address_len argument is not a valid length for the address
family; or invalid address family in the sockaddr structure.
ELOOP More than {SYMLOOP_MAX} symbolic links were encountered during
resolution of the pathname in address.
ENAMETOOLONG
Pathname resolution of a symbolic link produced an intermediate
result whose length exceeds {PATH_MAX}.
ENETDOWN
The local network interface used to reach the destination is
down.
ENOBUFS
No buffer space is available.
EOPNOTSUPP
The socket is listening and cannot be connected.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
If connect() fails, the state of the socket is unspecified. Conforming
applications should close the file descriptor and create a new socket
before attempting to reconnect.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSOaccept() , bind() , close() , getsockname() , poll() , select() ,
send() , shutdown() , socket() , the Base Definitions volume of
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <sys/socket.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online
at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
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