sockaddr_un(3type)

sockaddr_un3type

Unix domain socket address

Usage

#include <sys/un.h>

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

Library

Standard C library (libc)

Overview

sockaddr_un

Describes a UNIX domain socket address.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

Standards

POSIX.1-2024.

History

POSIX.1-2001.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.