interpreted as the path to a UNIX domain socket. Otherwise the address or node
name are resolved using L<getaddrinfo>.
+For network sockets, a port may be specified by using the form
+I<address>:I<port>. The default port is 42217.
+
If the B<-l> option is not specified the default address,
C<unix:/tmp/rrdcached.sock>, will be used.