Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 14:51:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> To: Chuck Youse <cyouse@cybersites.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sockets and SYSTEM V message queue Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990510142747.29300B-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905101423140.58619-100000@ns1.cybersites.com>
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On Mon, 10 May 1999, Chuck Youse wrote: > > That's why you can create sockets in the UNIX domain (AF_UNIX, later > renamed AF_LOCAL). When you bind a UNIX domain socket, it's bound to a > name in the filesystem. Thanks for the reply. So a socket must be bound to something to be used. You mention a name in the filesystem, does the file exist before binding or not? It seems to be a temporary file. -Zhihui To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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