GETPEERNAME
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BSD 4.2
NAME
getpeername
- get name of connected peer
SYNOPSIS
Ft int
Fn getpeername int s struct sockaddr *name int *namelen
DESCRIPTION
Fn Getpeername
returns the name of the peer connected to
socket
Fa s .
The
Fa namelen
parameter should be initialized to indicate
the amount of space pointed to by
Fa 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.
DIAGNOSTICS
A 0 is returned if the call succeeds, -1 if it fails.
ERRORS
The call succeeds unless:
- Bq Er EBADF
-
The argument
Fa s
is not a valid descriptor.
- Bq Er ENOTSOCK
-
The argument
Fa s
is a file, not a socket.
- Bq Er ENOTCONN
-
The socket is not connected.
- Bq Er ENOBUFS
-
Insufficient resources were available in the system
to perform the operation.
- Bq Er EFAULT
-
The
Fa name
parameter points to memory not in a valid part of the
process address space.
SEE ALSO
accept(2),
bind(2),
socket(2),
getsockname(2)
HISTORY
The
Fn getpeername
function call appeared in
BSD 4.2
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