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The Local Namespace
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   This section describes the details of the local namespace, whose
symbolic name (required when you create a socket) is `PF_LOCAL'.  The
local namespace is also known as "Unix domain sockets".  Another name
is file namespace since socket addresses are normally implemented as
file names.

Concepts

Local Namespace Concepts. What you need to understand.

Details

Local Namespace Details. Address format, symbolic names, etc.

Example

Local Socket Example. Example of creating a socket.