GETSOCKNAME(3SOCKET)GETSOCKNAME(3SOCKET)NAMEgetsockname - 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);
DESCRIPTIONgetsockname() returns the current name for socket s. The namelen param‐
eter 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 TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├───────────────┼─────────────────┤
│MT-Level │ Safe │
└───────────────┴─────────────────┘
SEE ALSObind(3SOCKET), getpeername(3SOCKET), socket(3SOCKET), attributes(5)
Dec 12, 1997 GETSOCKNAME(3SOCKET)
