GETSOCKNAME
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BSD 4.2
NAME
getsockname
- get socket name
SYNOPSIS
Ft int
Fn getsockname int s struct sockaddr *name int *namelen
DESCRIPTION
Fn Getsockname
returns the current
Fa name
for the specified socket. 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).
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 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
bind(2),
socket(2)
BUGS
Names bound to sockets in the UNIX domain are inaccessible;
getsockname
returns a zero length name.
HISTORY
The
Fn getsockname
function call appeared in
BSD 4.2
Index
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- BUGS
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