GETSOCKNAME Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2) Updated: 24 July 2025 Index   NAME getsockname - get socket name   SYNOPSIS #include <sys/socket.h> int getsockname(int s , struct sockaddr * name , socklen_t * namelen )   DESCRIPTION Getsockname returns the current name for the specified socket. The namelen parameter should be initialized to indicate the amount of space pointed to by name. On return it contains the actual size of the name returned (in bytes).   RETURN VALUE On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately. A 0 is returned if the call succeeds, -1 if it fails.   ERRORS EBADF The argument s is not a valid descriptor. ENOTSOCK The argument s is a file, not a socket. ENOBUFS Insufficient resources were available in the system to perform the operation. EFAULT The name parameter points to memory not in a valid part of the process address space.   CONFORMING TO SVr4, 4.4BSD (the getsockname function call appeared in 4.2BSD). SVr4 documents additional ENOMEM and ENOSR error codes.   NOTE The third argument of getsockname is in reality an `int *' (and this is what BSD 4.* and libc4 and libc5 have). Some POSIX confusion resulted in the present socklen_t. The draft standard has not been adopted yet, but glibc2 already follows it and also has socklen_t. See also   SEE ALSO   Index NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUE ERRORS CONFORMING TO NOTE SEE ALSO This document was created by using the manual pages. Time: 11:56:06 GMT, March 24, 2025