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'Address already in use' errors #74
Description
NOTES:
Determine address being requested
If you are running a program and getting this error, then re-run it with strace to determine what address is being requested:
TODO, eg
''$ strace nc -l 8080 2>&1 | grep bind\
bind(3, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(8080), sin_addr=inet_addr("0.0.0.0")}, 16) = -1 EADDRINUSE (Address already in use)''
Determine application holding the address