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@(#)getsockname.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.Dd June 4, 1993 .Dt GETSOCKNAME 2 .Os BSD 4.2 .Sh NAME .Nm getsockname .Nd get socket name .Sh SYNOPSIS .Ft int .Fn getsockname "int s" "struct sockaddr *name" "int *namelen" .Sh 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). .Sh DIAGNOSTICS A 0 is returned if the call succeeds, -1 if it fails. .Sh ERRORS The call succeeds unless: l -tag -width ENOTSOCKAA t Bq Er EBADF The argument .Fa s is not a valid descriptor. t Bq Er ENOTSOCK The argument .Fa s is a file, not a socket. t Bq Er ENOBUFS Insufficient resources were available in the system to perform the operation. t Bq Er EFAULT The .Fa name parameter points to memory not in a valid part of the process address space. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr bind 2 , .Xr socket 2 .Sh BUGS Names bound to sockets in the UNIX domain are inaccessible; .Xr getsockname returns a zero length name. .Sh HISTORY The .Nm function call appeared in x 4.2 .
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@(#)getsockname.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.Dd June 4, 1993 .Dt GETSOCKNAME 2 .Os BSD 4.2 .Sh NAME .Nm getsockname .Nd get socket name .Sh SYNOPSIS .Ft int .Fn getsockname "int s" "struct sockaddr *name" "int *namelen" .Sh 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). .Sh DIAGNOSTICS A 0 is returned if the call succeeds, -1 if it fails. .Sh ERRORS The call succeeds unless: l -tag -width ENOTSOCKAA t Bq Er EBADF The argument .Fa s is not a valid descriptor. t Bq Er ENOTSOCK The argument .Fa s is a file, not a socket. t Bq Er ENOBUFS Insufficient resources were available in the system to perform the operation. t Bq Er EFAULT The .Fa name parameter points to memory not in a valid part of the process address space. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr bind 2 , .Xr socket 2 .Sh BUGS Names bound to sockets in the UNIX domain are inaccessible; .Xr getsockname returns a zero length name. .Sh HISTORY The .Nm function call appeared in x 4.2 .
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