binding sockets

[Peter Jeffe 512.823.4091]

In article <26618 at mimsy.umd.edu> chris at mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) writes:
>In article <1990Sep16.183730.18698 at athena.mit.edu>
>jik at athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
>>  No, actually, the namelen parameter one passes to bind() should be the
>>sizeof the sockaddr structure being passed into it ...
>
>Well, it `should' be 2+strlen(path), or (in 4.3BSD-reno) SUN_LEN:

Not to quibble, but it `should' be "sizeof(name.sun_family)+strlen(path)";
or better yet, "sizeof(name)-sizeof(name.sun_path)+strlen(path)"; in any
case, assuming the 2 bytes is not a good idea.

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