GETPEERNAME(2)

NAME
getpeername - get name of connected peer

SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/socket.h>

int getpeername (int s, struct sockaddr *name, int *namelen);

DESCRIPTION
Getpeername returns the name of the peer connected to socket s. 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). The name is truncated if the buffer provided is too small.

DIAGNOSTICS
A 0 is returned if the call succeeds, -1 if it fails.

ERRORS
The call succeeds unless:

    EBADF
        The argument s is not a valid descriptor.

    ENOTSOCK
        The argument s is a file, not a socket.

    ENOTCONN
        The socket is not connected.

    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.

SEE ALSO
accept(2), bind(2), socket(2), getsockname(2)

HISTORY
The getpeername function call appeared in 4.2BSD.