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1.\" $NetBSD: getsockname.2,v 1.6 1995/10/12 15:41:00 jtc Exp $
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34.\" @(#)getsockname.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
35.\"
36.Dd June 4, 1993
37.Dt GETSOCKNAME 2
38.Os BSD 4.2
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm getsockname
41.Nd get socket name
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Fd #include <sys/socket.h>
44.Ft int
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45.Fo getsockname
46.Fa "int socket"
47.Fa "struct sockaddr *restrict address"
48.Fa "socklen_t *restrict address_len"
49.Fc
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50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51.Fn Getsockname
52returns the current
2d21ac55 53.Fa address
9bccf70c 54for the specified socket. The
2d21ac55 55.Fa address_len
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56parameter should be initialized to indicate
57the amount of space pointed to by
2d21ac55 58.Fa address .
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59On return it contains the actual size of the name
60returned (in bytes).
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61.Sh RETURN VALUES
62.Rv -std getsockname
9bccf70c 63.Sh ERRORS
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64The
65.Fn getsockname
66system call will succeed unless:
9bccf70c 67.Bl -tag -width Er
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69.It Bq Er EBADF
70The argument
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71.Fa socket
72is not a valid file descriptor.
73.\" ==========
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74.It Bq Er EFAULT
75The
2d21ac55 76.Fa address
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77parameter points to memory not in a valid part of the
78process address space.
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79.\" ==========
80.It Bq Er EINVAL
81.Fa socket
82has been shut down.
83.\" ==========
84.It Bq Er ENOBUFS
85Insufficient resources were available in the system
86to perform the operation.
87.\" ==========
88.It Bq Er ENOTSOCK
89The argument
90.Fa socket
91is not a socket (e.g., a plain file).
92.\" ==========
93.It Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP
94.Fn getsockname
95is not supported for the protocol in use by
96.Fa socket .
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97.El
98.Sh SEE ALSO
99.Xr bind 2 ,
100.Xr socket 2
101.Sh BUGS
102Names bound to sockets in the UNIX domain are inaccessible;
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103.Fn getsockname
104returns a zero-length name.
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105.Sh HISTORY
106The
107.Fn getsockname
2d21ac55 108call appeared in
9bccf70c 109.Bx 4.2 .