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

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