:man_page: mongoc_socket_bind

mongoc_socket_bind()
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Synopsis
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.. code-block:: c

  int
  mongoc_socket_bind (mongoc_socket_t *sock,
                      const struct sockaddr *addr,
                      mongoc_socklen_t addrlen);

Parameters
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* ``sock``: A :symbol:`mongoc_socket_t`.
* ``addr``: A struct sockaddr.
* ``addrlen``: A mongoc_socklen_t.

Description
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This function is a wrapper around the BSD socket ``bind()`` interface. It provides better portability between UNIX-like and Microsoft Windows platforms.

Returns
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0 on success, -1 on failure and errno is set.