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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement | |
| 3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. | |
| 4 | .\" | |
| 95f51977 | 5 | .\" @(#)getsockname.2 6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85 |
| b17ac36d | 6 | .\" |
| 95f51977 | 7 | .TH GETSOCKNAME 2 "May 15, 1985" |
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8 | .UC 5 |
| 9 | .SH NAME | |
| 10 | getsockname \- get socket name | |
| 11 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 12 | .nf | |
| 13 | .PP | |
| 14 | .ft B | |
| 15 | getsockname(s, name, namelen) | |
| 16 | int s; | |
| 17 | struct sockaddr *name; | |
| 18 | int *namelen; | |
| 19 | .fi | |
| 20 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 21 | .I Getsockname | |
| 22 | returns the current | |
| 23 | .I name | |
| 24 | for the specified socket. The | |
| 25 | .I namelen | |
| 26 | parameter should be initialized to indicate | |
| 27 | the amount of space pointed to by | |
| 28 | .IR name . | |
| 29 | On return it contains the actual size of the name | |
| 30 | returned (in bytes). | |
| 31 | .SH DIAGNOSTICS | |
| 32 | A 0 is returned if the call succeeds, \-1 if it fails. | |
| 33 | .SH ERRORS | |
| 34 | The call succeeds unless: | |
| 35 | .TP 15 | |
| 36 | [EBADF] | |
| 37 | The argument \fIs\fP is not a valid descriptor. | |
| 38 | .TP 15 | |
| 39 | [ENOTSOCK] | |
| 40 | The argument \fIs\fP is a file, not a socket. | |
| 41 | .TP 15 | |
| 42 | [ENOBUFS] | |
| 43 | Insufficient resources were available in the system | |
| 44 | to perform the operation. | |
| 45 | .TP 15 | |
| 46 | [EFAULT] | |
| 47 | The | |
| 48 | .I name | |
| 49 | parameter points to memory not in a valid part of the | |
| 50 | process address space. | |
| 51 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 52 | bind(2), socket(2) | |
| 53 | .SH BUGS | |
| 54 | Names bound to sockets in the UNIX domain are inaccessible; | |
| 55 | .I getsockname | |
| 56 | returns a zero length name. |