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