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UDSServer
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**Inherits:** :ref:`SocketServer<class_SocketServer>` **<** :ref:`RefCounted<class_RefCounted>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

A Unix Domain Socket (UDS) server.

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Description
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A Unix Domain Socket (UDS) server. Listens to connections on a socket path and returns a :ref:`StreamPeerUDS<class_StreamPeerUDS>` when it gets an incoming connection. Unix Domain Sockets provide inter-process communication on the same machine using the filesystem namespace.

\ **Note:** Unix Domain Sockets are only available on Unix-like systems (Linux, macOS, etc.) and are not supported on Windows.

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Methods
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   | :ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>`     | :ref:`listen<class_UDSServer_method_listen>`\ (\ path\: :ref:`String<class_String>`\ ) |
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   | :ref:`StreamPeerUDS<class_StreamPeerUDS>` | :ref:`take_connection<class_UDSServer_method_take_connection>`\ (\ )                   |
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Method Descriptions
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:ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>` **listen**\ (\ path\: :ref:`String<class_String>`\ ) :ref:`🔗<class_UDSServer_method_listen>`

Listens on the socket at ``path``. The socket file will be created at the specified path.

\ **Note:** The socket file must not already exist at the specified path. You may need to remove any existing socket file before calling this method.

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:ref:`StreamPeerUDS<class_StreamPeerUDS>` **take_connection**\ (\ ) :ref:`🔗<class_UDSServer_method_take_connection>`

If a connection is available, returns a StreamPeerUDS with the connection.

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