GETPEERNAME
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)
Updated: 24 July 1993
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NAME
getpeername - get name of connected peer
SYNOPSIS
int getpeername(int s, struct sockaddr *name, int *namelen);
DESCRIPTION
Getpeername
returns the name of the peer connected to socket
s.
The
namelen
parameter should be initialized to indicate the amount of space pointed to
by
name.
On return it contains the actual size of the name returned (in bytes). The
name is truncated if the buffer provided is too small.
RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and
errno
is set appropriately.
ERRORS
- EBADF
-
The argument
s
is not a valid descriptor.
- ENOTSOCK
-
The argument
s
is a file, not a socket.
- ENOTCONN
-
The socket is not connected.
- ENOBUFS
-
Insufficient resources were available in the system
to perform the operation.
- EFAULT
-
The
name
parameter points to memory not in a valid part of the
process address space.
HISTORY
The
getpeername
function call appeared in BSD 4.2.
SEE ALSO
accept(2), bind(2), getsockname(2)
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- HISTORY
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- SEE ALSO
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