GETSOCKNAME

Section: System Calls (2)
Updated: May 15, 1985
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NAME

getsockname - get socket name  

SYNOPSIS

getsockname(s, name, namelen)
int s;
struct sockaddr *name;
int *namelen;
 

DESCRIPTION

Getsockname returns the current name for the specified socket. 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).  

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.
[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

bind(2), socket(2)  

BUGS

Names bound to sockets in the UNIX domain are inaccessible; getsockname returns a zero length name.


 

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SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
DIAGNOSTICS
ERRORS
SEE ALSO
BUGS

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