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36.Dd June 4, 1993
37.Dt GETPEERNAME 2
38.Os BSD 4.2
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm getpeername
41.Nd get name of connected peer
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Ft int
44.Fn getpeername "int s" "struct sockaddr *name" "int *namelen"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46.Fn Getpeername
47returns the name of the peer connected to
48socket
49.Fa s .
50The
51.Fa namelen
52parameter should be initialized to indicate
53the amount of space pointed to by
54.Fa name .
55On return it contains the actual size of the name
56returned (in bytes).
57The name is truncated if the buffer provided is too small.
58.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
59A 0 is returned if the call succeeds, -1 if it fails.
60.Sh ERRORS
61The call succeeds unless:
62.Bl -tag -width Er
63.It Bq Er EBADF
64The argument
65.Fa s
66is not a valid descriptor.
67.It Bq Er ENOTSOCK
68The argument
69.Fa s
70is a file, not a socket.
71.It Bq Er ENOTCONN
72The socket is not connected.
73.It Bq Er ENOBUFS
74Insufficient resources were available in the system
75to perform the operation.
76.It Bq Er EFAULT
77The
78.Fa name
79parameter points to memory not in a valid part of the
80process address space.
81.El
82.Sh SEE ALSO
83.Xr accept 2 ,
84.Xr bind 2 ,
85.Xr socket 2 ,
86.Xr getsockname 2
87.Sh HISTORY
88The
89.Fn getpeername
90function call appeared in
91.Bx 4.2 .
92