opensolaris man page for getsockname

Query: getsockname

OS: opensolaris

Section: 3socket

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getsockname(3SOCKET)					     Sockets Library Functions					      getsockname(3SOCKET)

NAME
getsockname - 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);
DESCRIPTION
getsockname() returns the current name for socket s. The namelen parameter 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 ALSO
bind(3SOCKET), getpeername(3SOCKET), socket(3SOCKET), attributes(5) SunOS 5.11 12 Dec 1997 getsockname(3SOCKET)
Related Man Pages
getsockname(3socket) - opensolaris
shutdown(3socket) - opensolaris
getpeername(3socket) - opensolaris
getsockname(2) - netbsd
shutdown(3socket) - sunos
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