getsockname(3SOCKET)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUES | ERRORS | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO

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 5.8  Last Revised 12 Dec 1997

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUES | ERRORS | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO