sockaddr(3type) — Linux manual page

NAME | LIBRARY | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | STANDARDS | HISTORY | NOTES | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

sockaddr(3type)                                          sockaddr(3type)

NAME         top

       sockaddr, sockaddr_storage, sockaddr_in, sockaddr_in6,
       sockaddr_un, socklen_t, in_addr, in6_addr, in_addr_t, in_port_t,
       - socket address

LIBRARY         top

       Standard C library (libc)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <sys/socket.h>

       struct sockaddr {
           sa_family_t     sa_family;      /* Address family */
           char            sa_data[];      /* Socket address */
       };

       struct sockaddr_storage {
           sa_family_t     ss_family;      /* Address family */
       };

       typedef /* ... */ socklen_t;
       typedef /* ... */ sa_family_t;

   Internet domain sockets
       #include <netinet/in.h>

       struct sockaddr_in {
           sa_family_t     sin_family;     /* AF_INET */
           in_port_t       sin_port;       /* Port number */
           struct in_addr  sin_addr;       /* IPv4 address */
       };

       struct sockaddr_in6 {
           sa_family_t     sin6_family;    /* AF_INET6 */
           in_port_t       sin6_port;      /* Port number */
           uint32_t        sin6_flowinfo;  /* IPv6 flow info */
           struct in6_addr sin6_addr;      /* IPv6 address */
           uint32_t        sin6_scope_id;  /* Set of interfaces for a scope */
       };

       struct in_addr {
           in_addr_t s_addr;
       };

       struct in6_addr {
           uint8_t   s6_addr[16];
       };

       typedef uint32_t in_addr_t;
       typedef uint16_t in_port_t;

   UNIX domain sockets
       #include <sys/un.h>

       struct sockaddr_un {
           sa_family_t     sun_family;     /* Address family */
           char            sun_path[];     /* Socket pathname */
       };

DESCRIPTION         top

       sockaddr
              Describes a socket address.

       sockaddr_storage
              A structure at least as large as any other sockaddr_*
              address structures.  It's aligned so that a pointer to it
              can be cast as a pointer to other sockaddr_* structures
              and used to access its fields.

       socklen_t
              Describes the length of a socket address.  This is an
              integer type of at least 32 bits.

       sa_family_t
              Describes a socket's protocol family.  This is an unsigned
              integer type.

   Internet domain sockets
       sockaddr_in
              Describes an IPv4 Internet domain socket address.  The
              sin_port and sin_addr members are stored in network byte
              order.

       sockaddr_in6
              Describes an IPv6 Internet domain socket address.  The
              sin6_addr.s6_addr array is used to contain a 128-bit IPv6
              address, stored in network byte order.

   UNIX domain sockets
       sockaddr_un
              Describes a UNIX domain socket address.

STANDARDS         top

       POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY         top

       POSIX.1-2001.

       socklen_t was invented by POSIX.  See also accept(2).

       These structures were invented before modern ISO C strict-
       aliasing rules.  If aliasing rules are applied strictly, these
       structures would be extremely difficult to use without invoking
       Undefined Behavior.  POSIX Issue 8 will fix this by requiring
       that implementations make sure that these structures can be
       safely used as they were designed.

NOTES         top

       socklen_t is also defined in <netdb.h>.

       sa_family_t is also defined in <netinet/in.h> and <sys/un.h>.

SEE ALSO         top

       accept(2), bind(2), connect(2), getpeername(2), getsockname(2),
       getsockopt(2), sendto(2), setsockopt(2), socket(2),
       socketpair(2), getaddrinfo(3), gethostbyaddr(3), getnameinfo(3),
       htonl(3), ipv6(7), socket(7)

COLOPHON         top

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