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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)getsockname.2       6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH GETSOCKNAME 2 "May 15, 1985"
                      8: .UC 5
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: getsockname \- get socket name
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .nf
                     13: .PP
                     14: .ft B
                     15: getsockname(s, name, namelen)
                     16: int s;
                     17: struct sockaddr *name;
                     18: int *namelen;
                     19: .fi
                     20: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     21: .I Getsockname
                     22: returns the current 
                     23: .I name
                     24: for the specified socket.  The
                     25: .I namelen
                     26: parameter should be initialized to indicate
                     27: the amount of space pointed to by
                     28: .IR name .
                     29: On return it contains the actual size of the name
                     30: returned (in bytes).
                     31: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     32: A 0 is returned if the call succeeds, \-1 if it fails.
                     33: .SH ERRORS
                     34: The call succeeds unless:
                     35: .TP 15
                     36: [EBADF]
                     37: The argument \fIs\fP is not a valid descriptor.
                     38: .TP 15
                     39: [ENOTSOCK]
                     40: The argument \fIs\fP is a file, not a socket.
                     41: .TP 15
                     42: [ENOBUFS]
                     43: Insufficient resources were available in the system
                     44: to perform the operation.
                     45: .TP 15
                     46: [EFAULT]
                     47: The 
                     48: .I name
                     49: parameter points to memory not in a valid part of the
                     50: process address space.
                     51: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     52: bind(2), socket(2)
                     53: .SH BUGS
                     54: Names bound to sockets in the UNIX domain are inaccessible;
                     55: .I getsockname
                     56: returns a zero length name.

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