bind function in SDK

[vibindia]

Can any one explain in brief the bind function in SDK for Socket programming "Assigns a local name to an unnamed socket":((

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[Laxman Auti]

VIBIN wrote:

Can any one explain in brief the bind function in SDK for Socket programming "Assigns a local name to an unnamed socket"

The bind function is used on an unconnected socket before subsequent calls to the connect or listen functions. It is used to bind to either connection-oriented (stream) or connectionless (datagram) sockets. When a socket is created with a call to the socket function, it exists in a namespace (address family), but it has no name assigned to it. Use the bind function to establish the local association of the socket by assigning a local name to an unnamed socket. ref: from MSDN 2005. Knock out 't' from can't, You can if you think you can :cool:

[TheDelChop]

yeah, bind simply finds and open and available socket to commense ethernet communication. Without a binded socket, (an address through which the computer knows it can send data) it is impossible to process function like send and recv.