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This section describes the details of the local namespace, whose
symbolic name (required when you create a socket) is PF_LOCAL.
The local namespace is also known as “Unix domain sockets”. Another
name is file namespace since socket addresses are normally implemented
as file names.
| • Concepts: | What you need to understand. | |
| • Details: | Address format, symbolic names, etc. | |
| • Example: | Example of creating a socket. |