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36.Dd June 4, 1993
37.Dt GETSOCKNAME 2
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm getsockname
41.Nd get socket name
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libc
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In sys/types.h
46.In sys/socket.h
47.Ft int
48.Fn getsockname "int s" "struct sockaddr *name" "socklen_t *namelen"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50.Fn Getsockname
51returns the current
52.Fa name
53for the specified socket.  The
54.Fa namelen
55parameter should be initialized to indicate
56the amount of space pointed to by
57.Fa name .
58On return it contains the actual size of the name
59returned (in bytes).
60.Sh RETURN VALUES
61.Rv -std getsockname
62.Sh ERRORS
63The call succeeds unless:
64.Bl -tag -width Er
65.It Bq Er EBADF
66The argument
67.Fa s
68is not a valid descriptor.
69.It Bq Er ECONNRESET
70The connection has been reset by the peer.
71.It Bq Er ENOTSOCK
72The argument
73.Fa s
74is a file, not a socket.
75.It Bq Er ENOBUFS
76Insufficient resources were available in the system
77to perform the operation.
78.It Bq Er EFAULT
79The
80.Fa name
81parameter points to memory not in a valid part of the
82process address space.
83.El
84.Sh SEE ALSO
85.Xr bind 2 ,
86.Xr getpeername 2 ,
87.Xr socket 2
88.Sh HISTORY
89The
90.Fn getsockname
91function call appeared in
92.Bx 4.2 .
93.Sh BUGS
94Names bound to sockets in the UNIX domain are inaccessible;
95.Nm
96returns a zero length name.
97