GETPEERNAME
Section: System Calls (2)
Updated: May 13, 1986
Index
Return to Main Contents
NAME
getpeername - get name of connected peer
SYNOPSIS
getpeername(s, name, namelen)
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.
DIAGNOSTICS
A 0 is returned if the call succeeds, -1 if it fails.
ERRORS
The call succeeds unless:
- [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.
SEE ALSO
accept(2), bind(2), socket(2), getsockname(2)
Index
- NAME
-
- SYNOPSIS
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- DIAGNOSTICS
-
- ERRORS
-
- SEE ALSO
-
This document was created by
man2html,
using the manual pages.
Time: 17:22:50 GMT, March 25, 2025