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Subject:	RE: getsockname problem
Date:	Fri, 7 Apr 2006 14:02:33 +0100
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On 07 April 2006 12:38, Antonio Querubin wrote:

> I've run into a problem where getsockname() doesn't work as expected.
> Below is a test program where it fails under cygwin but runs on any other
> Unix/Linux system.  I searched the mail archives for any limitations

  Should have read the man page instead!

>    s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_ICMP);
>    printf("socket = %d\nlength = %d\n", s, len);
> 
>    rc = getsockname(s, (struct sockaddr *) &sa, &len);


http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xns/getsockname.html

"If the socket has not been bound to a local name, the value stored in the
object pointed to by address is unspecified."

    cheers,
      DaveK
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