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Sockets Library Functionsgetsockname(3SOCKET)


NAME

 getsockname - get socket name

SYNOPSIS

 
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lsocket -lnsl [ library ... ]
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h> 
int getsockname(int s, struct sockaddr *name, socklen_t *namelen);

DESCRIPTION

 

getsockname() returns the current name for socket s. The namelen parameter should be initialized to indicate the amount of space pointed to by name. On return it contains the actual size in bytes of the name returned.

RETURN VALUES

 

If successful, getsockname() returns 0; otherwise it returns -1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

 

The call succeeds unless:

EBADF
The argument s is not a valid file descriptor.
ENOMEM
There was insufficient memory available for the operation to complete.
ENOSR
There were insufficient STREAMS resources available for the operation to complete.
ENOTSOCK
The argument s is not a socket.

ATTRIBUTES

 

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT-LevelSafe

SEE ALSO

 

bind(3SOCKET), getpeername(3SOCKET), socket(3SOCKET), attributes(5)


SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 12 Dec 1997

 
      
      
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