getsockname(3SOCKET) Sockets Library Functions getsockname(3SOCKET)NAMEgetsockname - 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);
DESCRIPTIONgetsockname() returns the current name for socket s. The namelen param‐
eter 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 opera‐
tion 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 ALSObind(3SOCKET), getpeername(3SOCKET), socket(3SOCKET), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 12 Dec 1997 getsockname(3SOCKET)
