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35.Dd December 15, 2006
36.Dt SCTP_GETADDRLEN 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm sctp_getaddrlen
40.Nd return the address length of an address family
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libc
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In sys/types.h
45.In sys/socket.h
46.In netinet/sctp.h
47.Ft int
48.Fn sctp_getaddrlen "sa_family_t family"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Fn sctp_getaddrlen
52function returns the size of a specific address family.
53This function
54is provided for application binary compatibility since it
55provides the application with the size the operating system
56thinks the specific address family is.
57Note that the function
58will actually create an SCTP socket and then gather the
59information via a
60.Fn getsockopt
61system calls.
62If for some reason a SCTP socket cannot
63be created or the
64.Fn getsockopt
65call fails, an error will be returned
66with
67.Va errno
68set as specified in the
69.Fn socket
70or
71.Fn getsockopt
72system call.
73.Sh RETURN VALUES
74The call returns the number of bytes that the operating
75system expects for the specific address family or -1.
76.Sh ERRORS
77The
78.Fn sctp_getaddrlen
79function can return the following errors:
80.Bl -tag -width Er
81.It Bq Er EINVAL
82The address family specified does NOT exist.
83.El
84.Sh SEE ALSO
85.Xr getsockopt 2 ,
86.Xr socket 2 ,
87.Xr sctp 4
88