/usr/lib/swipl/library/ext/clib/socket.pl
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  • ext
    • clib
      • socket.pl -- Network socket (TCP and UDP) library
        • socket_create/2
        • tcp_socket/1
        • unix_domain_socket/1
        • tcp_close_socket/1
        • tcp_open_socket/2
        • tcp_open_socket/3
        • tcp_bind/2
        • tcp_listen/2
        • tcp_accept/3
        • tcp_connect/2
        • rewrite_host/3
        • tcp_connect/4
        • tcp_connect/3
        • tcp_select/3
        • try_proxy/4
        • proxy_for_url/3
        • udp_socket/1
        • udp_receive/4
        • udp_send/4
        • tcp_setopt/2
        • tcp_fcntl/3
        • tcp_getopt/2
        • host_address/3
        • tcp_host_to_address/2
        • gethostname/1
        • ip_name/2
        • negotiate_socks_connection/2
      • uid.pl
      • unix.pl -- Unix specific operations
      • syslog.pl -- Unix syslog interface
      • memfile.pl
      • time.pl -- Time and alarm library
      • uri.pl -- Process URIs
      • filesex.pl -- Extended operations on files
      • uuid.pl -- Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) Library
      • sha.pl -- SHA secure hashes
      • process.pl -- Create processes and redirect I/O
      • hash_stream.pl -- Maintain a hash on a stream
      • md5.pl -- MD5 hashes
      • rlimit.pl
      • mallocinfo.pl -- Memory allocation details
      • prolog_stream.pl -- A stream with Prolog callbacks
      • crypt.pl
      • streaminfo.pl
      • udp_broadcast.pl -- A UDP broadcast proxy
      • cgi.pl -- Read CGI parameters
      • streampool.pl -- Input multiplexing
      • prolog_server.pl
 unix_domain_socket(-SocketId) is det
Equivalent to socket_create(SocketId, [domain(unix)]) or, explicit, socket_create(SocketId, [domain(unix), type(stream)])

Unix domain socket affect tcp_connect/2 (for clients) and tcp_bind/2 and tcp_accept/3 (for servers). The address is an atom or string that is handled as a file name. On most systems the length of this file name is limited to 128 bytes (including null terminator), but according to the Linux documentation (unix(7)), portable applications must keep the address below 92 bytes. Note that these lengths are in bytes. Non-ascii characters may be represented as multiple bytes. If the length limit is exceeded a representation_error(af_unix_name) exception is raised.