bsd/man/man2/getsockname.2

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  34 .\"     @(#)getsockname.2       8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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  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
  45 .Fo getsockname
  46 .Fa "int socket"
  47 .Fa "struct sockaddr *restrict address"
  48 .Fa "socklen_t *restrict address_len"
  49 .Fc
  50 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  51 The
  52 .Fn getsockname
  53 fynction returns the current
  54 .Fa address
  55 for the specified socket.
  56 .Pp
  57 The
  58 .Fa address_len
  59 parameter should be initialized to indicate
  60 the amount of space pointed to by
  61 .Fa address .
  62 On return it contains the actual size of the address
  63 returned (in bytes).
  64 .Pp
  65 The address is truncated if the buffer provided is too small.
  66 .Sh RETURN VALUES
  67 .Rv -std getsockname
  68 .Sh ERRORS
  69 The
  70 .Fn getsockname
  71 system call will succeed unless:
  72 .Bl -tag -width Er
  73 .\" ==========
  74 .It Bq Er EBADF
  75 The argument
  76 .Fa socket
  77 is not a valid file descriptor.
  78 .\" ==========
  79 .It Bq Er EFAULT
  80 The
  81 .Fa address
  82 parameter points to memory not in a valid part of the
  83 process address space.
  84 .\" ==========
  85 .It Bq Er EINVAL
  86 .Fa socket
  87 has been shut down.
  88 .\" ==========
  89 .It Bq Er ENOBUFS
  90 Insufficient resources were available in the system
  91 to perform the operation.
  92 .\" ==========
  93 .It Bq Er ENOTSOCK
  94 The argument
  95 .Fa socket
  96 is not a socket (e.g., a plain file).
  97 .\" ==========
  98 .It Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP
  99 .Fn getsockname
 100 is not supported for the protocol in use by
 101 .Fa socket .
 102 .El
 103 .Sh SEE ALSO
 104 .Xr bind 2 ,
 105 .Xr socket 2
 106 .Sh BUGS
 107 Names bound to sockets in the UNIX domain are inaccessible;
 108 .Fn getsockname
 109 returns a zero-length address.
 110 .Sh HISTORY
 111 The
 112 .Fn getsockname
 113 call appeared in
 114 .Bx 4.2 .