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<h1 class="lined-header"><span>gun:open_unix(3)</span></h1>

<h2 id="_name">Name</h2>
<p>gun:open_unix - Open a connection to the given Unix domain socket</p>
<h2 id="_description">Description</h2>
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<pre><tt><b><font color="#000000">open_unix</font></b>(<font color="#009900">SocketPath</font>, <font color="#009900">Opts</font>) <font color="#990000">-&gt;</font> {<font color="#FF6600">ok</font>, <b><font color="#000080">pid</font></b>()} | {<font color="#FF6600">error</font>, <font color="#009900">Reason</font>}

<font color="#009900">SocketPath</font> <font color="#990000">::</font> <b><font color="#000000">string</font></b>()
<font color="#009900">Opts</font>       <font color="#990000">::</font> <b><font color="#000000">gun:opts</font></b>()
<font color="#009900">Reason</font>     <font color="#990000">::</font> {<font color="#FF6600">options</font>, <font color="#009900">OptName</font>}
            | {<font color="#FF6600">options</font>, {<font color="#FF6600">http</font> | <font color="#FF6600">http2</font> | <font color="#FF6600">socks</font> | <font color="#FF6600">ws</font>, <font color="#009900">OptName</font>}}
            | <b><font color="#000000">any</font></b>()
<font color="#009900">OptName</font>    <font color="#990000">::</font> <b><font color="#000080">atom</font></b>()</tt></pre>
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<p>Open a connection to the given Unix domain socket.</p>
<h2 id="_arguments">Arguments</h2>
<dl><dt>SocketPath</dt>
<dd><p>Path to the Unix domain socket to connect to.</p>
</dd>
<dt>Opts</dt>
<dd><p>Options for this connection.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<h2 id="_return_value">Return value</h2>
<p>The pid of the newly created Gun process is returned. Note that this does not indicate that the connection has been successfully opened; the <a href="../gun_up">gun_up(3)</a> message will be sent for that.</p>
<h2 id="_changelog">Changelog</h2>
<ul><li><strong>1.0</strong>: Function introduced.
</li>
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<h2 id="_examples">Examples</h2>
<div class="listingblock"><div class="title">Connect to a server via a Unix domain socket</div>
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<pre><tt>{<font color="#FF6600">ok</font>, <font color="#009900">ConnPid</font>} <font color="#990000">=</font> <b><font color="#000000">gun:open_unix</font></b>(<font color="#FF0000">"/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket"</font>, #{})<font color="#990000">.</font></tt></pre>
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<div class="listingblock"><div class="title">Connect to a server via a Unix domain socket with custom options</div>
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<pre><tt>{<font color="#FF6600">ok</font>, <font color="#009900">ConnPid</font>} <font color="#990000">=</font> <b><font color="#000000">gun:open_unix</font></b>(<font color="#FF0000">"/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket"</font>,
    #{<font color="#0000FF">protocols</font> <font color="#990000">=&gt;</font> [<font color="#FF6600">http2</font>]})<font color="#990000">.</font></tt></pre>
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<h2 id="_see_also">See also</h2>
<p><a href="../gun">gun(3)</a>, <a href="../gun.open">gun:open(3)</a>, <a href="../gun.await_up">gun:await_up(3)</a>, <a href="../gun_socks_up">gun_socks_up(3)</a>, <a href="../gun_up">gun_up(3)</a></p>






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