connect

CONNECT(2)                OpenBSD Programmer's Manual               CONNECT(2)

NAME

     connect - initiate a connection on a socket

SYNOPSIS

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

     int
     connect(int s, const struct sockaddr *name, socklen_t 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.  namelen indicates the amount of
     space pointed to by name, in bytes.  Each communications space interprets
     the name parameter in its own way.  Generally, stream sockets may use
     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.

     [EINVAL]           A TCP connection with a local broadcast, the all-ones
                        or a multicast address as the peer was attempted.

     [ECONNREFUSED]     The attempt to connect was forcefully rejected.

     [EHOSTUNREACH]     The destination address specified an unreachable host.

     [EINTR]            A connect was interrupted before it succeeded by the
                        delivery of a signal.

     [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)
                        or poll(2) for completion by selecting the socket for
                        writing, and also use getsockopt(2) with SO_ERROR to
                        check for error conditions.

     [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.

     [ENAMETOOLONG]     A component of a pathname exceeded {NAME_MAX}
                        characters, or an entire path name exceeded {PATH_MAX}
                        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.

     [EPROTOTYPE]       The file described by name is of a different type than
                        s.  E.g., s may be of type SOCK_STREAM whereas name
                        may refer to a socket of type SOCK_DGRAM.

SEE ALSO

     accept(2), getsockname(2), getsockopt(2), poll(2), select(2), socket(2)

HISTORY

     The connect() function call appeared in 4.2BSD.

OpenBSD 5.1                    December 29, 2009                   OpenBSD 5.1