Unix ___domain socket: Difference between revisions

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Unix ___domain sockets use the file system as address [[Namespace (computer science)|name space]]. They are referenced by processes as [[inodes]] in the file system. This allows two processes to open the same socket in order to communicate. However, communication occurs entirely within the operating system kernel.

In addition to sending data, processes may send [[file descriptor]] or [[NETBIOS]]s across a Unix ___domain socket connection using the <code>sendmsg()</code> and <code>recvmsg()</code> system calls.

==See also==