GETSOCKNAME(2)             Linux Programmer's Manual            GETSOCKNAME(2)



NAME
       getsockname - get socket name

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/socket.h>

       int getsockname(int sockfd, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addrlen);

DESCRIPTION
       getsockname() returns the current address to which the socket sockfd is
       bound, in the buffer pointed to by addr.  The addrlen  argument  should
       be initialized to indicate the amount of space (in bytes) pointed to by
       addr.  On return it contains the actual size of the socket address.

       The returned address is truncated if the buffer provided is too  small;
       in  this case, addrlen will return a value greater than was supplied to
       the call.

RETURN VALUE
       On success, zero is returned.  On error, -1 is returned, and  errno  is
       set appropriately.

ERRORS
       EBADF  The argument sockfd is not a valid file descriptor.

       EFAULT The  addr  argument  points to memory not in a valid part of the
              process address space.

       EINVAL addrlen is invalid (e.g., is negative).

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

       ENOTSOCK
              The file descriptor sockfd does not refer to a socket.

CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1-2001,  POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.4BSD (getsockname() first appeared
       in 4.2BSD).

NOTES
       For background on the socklen_t type, see accept(2).

SEE ALSO
       bind(2), socket(2), getifaddrs(3), ip(7), socket(7), unix(7)

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Linux                             2017-09-15                    GETSOCKNAME(2)