## Generic-function: SB-BSD-SOCKETS:SOCKET-BIND [![package](https://img.shields.io/badge/Package-SB--BSD--SOCKETS-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](../) [![type](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-Generic--Function-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](../#generic-function) > Bind SOCKET to ADDRESS, which may vary according to socket family. > For the INET family, pass ADDRESS and PORT as two arguments; for FILE > address family sockets, pass the filename string. See also bind(2) ### Lambda list ```cl (sb-bsd-sockets:socket &rest sb-bsd-sockets::address) ```