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+zmq_ipc(7)
+==========
+
+
+NAME
+----
+zmq_ipc - 0MQ local inter-process communication transport
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+The inter-process transport passes messages between local processes using a
+system-dependent IPC mechanism.
+
+NOTE: The inter-process transport is currently only implemented on operating
+systems that provide UNIX domain sockets.
+
+
+ADDRESSING
+----------
+A 0MQ endpoint is a string consisting of a 'transport'`://` followed by an
+'address'. The 'transport' specifies the underlying protocol to use. The
+'address' specifies the transport-specific address to connect to.
+
+For the inter-process transport, the transport is `ipc`, and the meaning of
+the 'address' part is defined below.
+
+
+Binding a socket
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+When binding a 'socket' to a local address using _zmq_bind()_ with the 'ipc'
+transport, the 'endpoint' shall be interpreted as an arbitrary string
+identifying the 'pathname' to create. The 'pathname' must be unique within the
+operating system namespace used by the 'ipc' implementation, and must fulfill
+any restrictions placed by the operating system on the format and length of a
+'pathname'.
+
+When the address is `*`, _zmq_bind()_ shall generate a unique temporary
+pathname. The caller should retrieve this pathname using the ZMQ_LAST_ENDPOINT
+socket option. See linkzmq:zmq_getsockopt[3] for details.
+
+NOTE: any existing binding to the same endpoint shall be overridden. That is,
+if a second process binds to an endpoint already bound by a process, this
+will succeed and the first process will lose its binding. In this behavior,
+the 'ipc' transport is not consistent with the 'tcp' or 'inproc' transports.
+
+NOTE: the endpoint pathname must be writable by the process. When the endpoint
+starts with '/', e.g., `ipc:///pathname`, this will be an _absolute_ pathname.
+If the endpoint specifies a directory that does not exist, the bind shall fail.
+
+NOTE: on Linux only, when the endpoint pathname starts with `@`, the abstract
+namespace shall be used.  The abstract namespace is independent of the
+filesystem and if a process attempts to bind an endpoint already bound by a
+process, it will fail.  See unix(7) for details.
+
+Connecting a socket
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+When connecting a 'socket' to a peer address using _zmq_connect()_ with the
+'ipc' transport, the 'endpoint' shall be interpreted as an arbitrary string
+identifying the 'pathname' to connect to.  The 'pathname' must have been
+previously created within the operating system namespace by assigning it to a
+'socket' with _zmq_bind()_.
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+.Assigning a local address to a socket
+----
+//  Assign the pathname "/tmp/feeds/0"
+rc = zmq_bind(socket, "ipc:///tmp/feeds/0");
+assert (rc == 0);
+----
+
+.Connecting a socket
+----
+//  Connect to the pathname "/tmp/feeds/0"
+rc = zmq_connect(socket, "ipc:///tmp/feeds/0");
+assert (rc == 0);
+----
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkzmq:zmq_bind[3]
+linkzmq:zmq_connect[3]
+linkzmq:zmq_inproc[7]
+linkzmq:zmq_tcp[7]
+linkzmq:zmq_pgm[7]
+linkzmq:zmq_getsockopt[3]
+linkzmq:zmq[7]
+
+
+AUTHORS
+-------
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+read the 0MQ Contribution Policy at <http://www.zeromq.org/docs:contributing>.