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.\" @(#)getsockname.2 6.2 (Berkeley) %G%
getsockname \- get socket name
getsockname(s, name, namelen)
for the specified socket. The
parameter should be initialized to indicate
the amount of space pointed to by
On return it contains the actual size of the name
A 0 is returned if the call succeeds, \-1 if it fails.
The call succeeds unless:
The argument \fIs\fP is not a valid descriptor.
The argument \fIs\fP is a file, not a socket.
Insufficient resources were available in the system
to perform the operation.
parameter points to memory not in a valid part of the
Names bound to sockets in the UNIX domain are inaccessible;
returns a zero length name.