getclientid()

The getclientid() call returns the identifier by which the calling application is known to the TCP/IP address space. The clientid is used in givesocket() and takesocket() calls.

#include <manifest.h>
#include <socket.h>
#include <bsdtypes.h>
int  getclientid(int domain, struct clientid *clientid)

Parameter: Description
domain: The value in domain must be AF_INET.
clientid: Points to a clientid structure to be provided.

Return values

The value 0 indicates success. The value -1 indicates an error. Errno identifies the specific error.

Errno: Description
EFAULT: The clientid parameter as specified would result in an attempt to access storage outside the caller address space, or storage that cannot be modified by the caller.
EAFNOSUPPORT: The domain is not AF_INET.

Related calls

takesocket()