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                     20: .TH GETSOCKNAME 2 "June 23, 1990"
                     21: .UC 5
                     22: .SH NAME
                     23: getsockname \- get socket name
                     24: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     25: .nf
                     26: .PP
                     27: .ft B
                     28: getsockname(s, name, namelen)
                     29: int s;
                     30: struct sockaddr *name;
                     31: int *namelen;
                     32: .fi
                     33: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     34: .I Getsockname
                     35: returns the current 
                     36: .I name
                     37: for the specified socket.  The
                     38: .I namelen
                     39: parameter should be initialized to indicate
                     40: the amount of space pointed to by
                     41: .IR name .
                     42: On return it contains the actual size of the name
                     43: returned (in bytes).
                     44: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     45: A 0 is returned if the call succeeds, \-1 if it fails.
                     46: .SH ERRORS
                     47: The call succeeds unless:
                     48: .TP 15
                     49: [EBADF]
                     50: The argument \fIs\fP is not a valid descriptor.
                     51: .TP 15
                     52: [ENOTSOCK]
                     53: The argument \fIs\fP is a file, not a socket.
                     54: .TP 15
                     55: [ENOBUFS]
                     56: Insufficient resources were available in the system
                     57: to perform the operation.
                     58: .TP 15
                     59: [EFAULT]
                     60: The 
                     61: .I name
                     62: parameter points to memory not in a valid part of the
                     63: process address space.
                     64: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     65: bind(2), socket(2)
                     66: .SH BUGS
                     67: Names bound to sockets in the UNIX domain are inaccessible;
                     68: .I getsockname
                     69: returns a zero length name.

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