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GETSOCKNAME(2)           DragonFly System Calls Manual          GETSOCKNAME(2)

NAME
     getsockname -- get socket name

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #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 the specified socket.  The
     namelen parameter should be initialized to indicate the amount of space
     pointed to by name.  On return it contains the actual size of the name
     returned (in bytes).

RETURN VALUES
     The getsockname() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise
     the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate
     the error.

ERRORS
     The call succeeds unless:

     [EBADF]            The argument s is not a valid descriptor.

     [ECONNRESET]       The connection has been reset by the peer.

     [ENOTSOCK]         The argument s is a file, not a socket.

     [ENOBUFS]          Insufficient resources were available in the system to
                        perform the operation.

     [EFAULT]           The name parameter points to memory not in a valid
                        part of the process address space.

SEE ALSO
     bind(2), getpeername(2), socket(2)

HISTORY
     The getsockname() function call appeared in 4.2BSD.

BUGS
     Names bound to sockets in the UNIX domain are inaccessible; getsockname
     returns a zero length name.

DragonFly 3.5                    June 4, 1993                    DragonFly 3.5