1GETSOCKNAME(2)             Linux Programmer's Manual            GETSOCKNAME(2)
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NAME

6       getsockname - get socket name
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <sys/socket.h>
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11       int getsockname(int sockfd, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addrlen);
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DESCRIPTION

14       getsockname() returns the current address to which the socket sockfd is
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16       be initialized to indicate the amount of space (in bytes) pointed to by
17       addr.  On return it contains the actual size of the socket address.
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19       The returned address is truncated if the buffer provided is too  small;
20       in  this case, addrlen will return a value greater than was supplied to
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RETURN VALUE

24       On success, zero is returned.  On error, -1 is returned, and  errno  is
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ERRORS

28       EBADF  The argument sockfd is not a valid descriptor.
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30       EFAULT The  addr  argument  points to memory not in a valid part of the
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33       EINVAL addrlen is invalid (e.g., is negative).
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35       ENOBUFS
36              Insufficient resources were available in the system  to  perform
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40              The argument sockfd is a file, not a socket.
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CONFORMING TO

43       SVr4,  4.4BSD  (the  getsockname()  function  call appeared in 4.2BSD),
44       POSIX.1-2001.
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NOTES

47       The third argument of getsockname() is in reality an int * (and this is
48       what  4.x BSD and libc4 and libc5 have).  Some POSIX confusion resulted
49       in the present socklen_t, also used by glibc.  See also accept(2).
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SEE ALSO

52       bind(2), socket(2), getifaddrs(3), ip(7), socket(7), unix(7)
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COLOPHON

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56       description  of  the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
57       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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61Linux                             2008-12-03                    GETSOCKNAME(2)
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