The example is misleading. It is not a good idea to unlink an existing
socket because we might try to start the server multiple times. In this
case it is preferable to receive an error.
We could add code that removes the socket when the server process is
killed but that would stretch the example too far.
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx>
---
man7/unix.7 | 7 -------
1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man7/unix.7 b/man7/unix.7
index 064c12cc6..630a6384a 100644
--- a/man7/unix.7
+++ b/man7/unix.7
@@ -754,13 +754,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
int result;
char buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
- /*
- * In case the program exited inadvertently on the last run,
- * remove the socket.
- */
-
- unlink(SOCKET_NAME);
-
/* Create local socket. */
connection_socket = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0);
--
2.18.0
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