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Unix-like Domain Socket

What is it

Berkeley socket that allows data to be exchanged between two processes executing on the same Unix or Unix-like host computer.

Unix domain socket file is located in the /tmp directory.

There is no single, standardized "default" path, but the /tmp directory is often used as a convention for temporary files.

For example:

/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432

This is an attempt to reference a local unix socket with port 5432 for postgresql.

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