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GETSOCKNAME(3P)           POSIX Programmer's Manual          GETSOCKNAME(3P)

PROLOG         top

       This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux
       implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
       corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
       the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME         top

       getsockname — get the socket name

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <sys/socket.h>
       int getsockname(int socket, struct sockaddr *restrict address,
           socklen_t *restrict address_len);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The getsockname() function shall retrieve the locally-bound name of
       the specified socket, store this address in the sockaddr structure
       pointed to by the address argument, and store the length of this
       address in the object pointed to by the address_len argument.
       The address_len argument points to a socklen_t object which on input
       specifies the length of the supplied sockaddr structure, and on
       output specifies the length of the stored address.  If the actual
       length of the address is greater than the length of the supplied
       sockaddr structure, the stored address shall be truncated.
       If the socket has not been bound to a local name, the value stored in
       the object pointed to by address is unspecified.

RETURN VALUE         top

       Upon successful completion, 0 shall be returned, the address argument
       shall point to the address of the socket, and the address_len
       argument shall point to the length of the address. Otherwise, −1
       shall be returned and errno set to indicate the error.

ERRORS         top

       The getsockname() function shall fail if:
       EBADF  The socket argument is not a valid file descriptor.
       ENOTSOCK
              The socket argument does not refer to a socket.
       EOPNOTSUPP
              The operation is not supported for this socket's protocol.
       The getsockname() function may fail if:
       EINVAL The socket has been shut down.
       ENOBUFS
              Insufficient resources were available in the system to
              complete the function.
       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES         top

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE         top

       None.

RATIONALE         top

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS         top

       None.

SEE ALSO         top

       accept(3p), bind(3p), getpeername(3p), socket(3p)
       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, sys_socket.h(0p)

COPYRIGHT         top

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information
       Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open
       Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
       Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1
       applied.) In the event of any discrepancy between this version and
       the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and
       The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original
       Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .
       Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are
       most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the
       source files to man page format. To report such errors, see
       https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .
IEEE/The Open Group                 2013                     GETSOCKNAME(3P)

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