# server_create_socket

- **Language:** C
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/server.c#L104
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-server-c-server_create_socket/

```c
static int server_create_socket(int flags, char **cause)
```

## Parameters

- `flags` (`int`)
- `cause` (`char **`)

## Called by

- [`server_signal`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-server-c-server_signal/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/server.c#L428)
- [`server_start`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-server_start/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/server.c#L217)

## Calls

- [`setblocking`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-setblocking/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/server.c#L141)
- [`xasprintf`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-xasprintf/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/server.c#L147)

## Referenced declarations

- [`CLIENT_DEFAULTSOCKET`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-define-tmux-h-client_defaultsocket/) (constant)
- [`socket_path`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-variable-socket_path/) (attribute)