It isn't infinite space. The buffer for filenames is only 256 bytes, so 255 including the NUL terminator. But still, that is a ton more socket names than ports.
You can have arbitrarily complex names because filesystems are a tree, not a flat namespace. The limit you'll hit is either inodes or kernel memory, neither of which will run out all that easily.
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It isn't infinite space. The buffer for filenames is only 256 bytes, so 255 including the NUL terminator. But still, that is a ton more socket names than ports.
You can have arbitrarily complex names because filesystems are a tree, not a flat namespace. The limit you'll hit is either inodes or kernel memory, neither of which will run out all that easily.