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