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home | helpUNIX(8) System Manager's Manual UNIX(8) NAME unix - Unix Domain Sockets (PF_UNIX) / Local Sockets (PF_LOCAL) SYNOPSIS #include <sys/socket.h> #include <sys/un.h> int socket(int domain, int type, int protocol); int socketpair(int domain, int type, int protocol, int sv[2]); DESCRIPTION Local sockets, more commonly known as Unix Domain Sockets, provide a means of interprocess communication using the socket API. SEE ALSO socket(2), socketpair(2), getpeereid(2), uds(4) HISTORY This Unix Domain Sockets first appeared in Minix 3.1.8. UNIX(8)
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