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Expand Up @@ -153,9 +153,12 @@ This function is asynchronous. When the server has been bound,
will be added as a listener for the [`'listening'`][] event.

On UNIX, the local domain is usually known as the UNIX domain. The path is a
filesystem path name. It is subject to the same naming conventions and
permissions checks as would be done on file creation, will be visible in the
filesystem, and will *persist until unlinked*.
filesystem path name. It gets truncated to `sizeof(sockaddr_un.sun_path)`
bytes, decreased by 1. It varies on different operating system between 91 and
107 bytes. The typical values are 107 on Linux and 103 on OS X. The path is
subject to the same naming conventions and permissions checks as would be done
on file creation, will be visible in the filesystem, and will *persist until
unlinked*.

On Windows, the local domain is implemented using a named pipe. The path *must*
refer to an entry in `\\?\pipe\` or `\\.\pipe\`. Any characters are permitted,
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