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c4e7b714 38.TH GETSOCKNAME 2 2008-12-03 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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39.SH NAME
40getsockname \- get socket name
41.SH SYNOPSIS
42.nf
43.B #include <sys/socket.h>
44.sp
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45.BI "int getsockname(int " sockfd ", struct sockaddr *" addr \
46", socklen_t *" addrlen );
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47.fi
48.SH DESCRIPTION
7145b9a9 49.BR getsockname ()
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50returns the current address to which the socket
51.I sockfd
52is bound, in the buffer pointed to by
a2b8b6d6 53.IR addr .
c13182ef 54The
a2b8b6d6 55.I addrlen
c4bb193f 56argument should be initialized to indicate
f7c494fb 57the amount of space (in bytes) pointed to by
a2b8b6d6 58.IR addr .
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59On return it contains the actual size of the socket address.
60
61The returned address is truncated if the buffer provided is too small;
62in this case,
a2b8b6d6 63.I addrlen
f7c494fb 64will return a value greater than was supplied to the call.
fea681da 65.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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66On success, zero is returned.
67On error, \-1 is returned, and
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68.I errno
69is set appropriately.
70.SH ERRORS
71.TP
72.B EBADF
73The argument
74.I s
75is not a valid descriptor.
76.TP
77.B EFAULT
c13182ef 78The
a2b8b6d6 79.I addr
c4bb193f 80argument points to memory not in a valid part of the
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81process address space.
82.TP
16c892d3 83.B EINVAL
a2b8b6d6 84.I addrlen
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85is invalid (e.g., is negative).
86.TP
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87.B ENOBUFS
88Insufficient resources were available in the system
89to perform the operation.
90.TP
91.B ENOTSOCK
92The argument
93.I s
94is a file, not a socket.
95.SH "CONFORMING TO"
96SVr4, 4.4BSD (the
e511ffb6 97.BR getsockname ()
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98function call appeared in 4.2BSD), POSIX.1-2001.
99.\" SVr4 documents additional ENOMEM
c13182ef 100.\" and ENOSR error codes.
19c98696 101.SH NOTES
c13182ef 102The third argument of
e511ffb6 103.BR getsockname ()
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104is in reality an \fIint *\fP
105(and this is what 4.x BSD and libc4 and libc5 have).
106Some POSIX confusion resulted in the present \fIsocklen_t\fP,
107also used by glibc.
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108See also
109.BR accept (2).
110.SH "SEE ALSO"
111.BR bind (2),
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112.BR socket (2),
113.BR ip (7),
5dfedcae 114.BR socket (7),
ecae8a08 115.BR unix (7)