getsockname - Man Page
get socket name
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Synopsis
#include <sys/socket.h> int getsockname(int sockfd, struct sockaddr *restrict addr, socklen_t *restrict addrlen);
Description
getsockname() returns the current address to which the socket sockfd is bound, in the buffer pointed to by addr. The addrlen argument should be initialized to indicate the amount of space (in bytes) pointed to by addr. On return it contains the actual size of the socket address.
The returned address is truncated if the buffer provided is too small; in this case, addrlen will return a value greater than was supplied to the call.
Return Value
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.
Errors
- EBADF
The argument sockfd is not a valid file descriptor.
- EFAULT
The addr argument points to memory not in a valid part of the process address space.
- EINVAL
addrlen is invalid (e.g., is negative).
- ENOBUFS
Insufficient resources were available in the system to perform the operation.
- ENOTSOCK
The file descriptor sockfd does not refer to a socket.
Standards
POSIX.1-2008.
History
POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.4BSD (first appeared in 4.2BSD).
See Also
bind(2), socket(2), getifaddrs(3), ip(7), socket(7), unix(7)
Referenced By
ares_set_socket_functions(3), bind(2), bindresvport(3), bpftool-cgroup(8), connect(2), getifaddrs(3), getnameinfo(3), getpeereid.3bsd(3), getpeername(2), if_nameindex(3), iperf(1), pg_auto_failover(1), sd_is_fifo(3), signal-safety(7), socket(2), socket(7), socketcall(2), syscalls(2), unix(7).